Low-cost housing for Africa's cities? The impact of the Government Condominium Scheme in Ethiopia

Last registered on April 17, 2018
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Low-cost housing for Africa's cities? The impact of the Government Condominium Scheme in Ethiopia
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0002900
Initial registration date
April 15, 2018

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
April 17, 2018, 3:46 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Country
Ethiopia
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Simon Franklin
Affiliation
London School of Economics
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2015-05-01
End date
2019-02-01
Keywords
Labor, Welfare
Additional Keywords
Housing, slums
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
This study uses a government housing lottery to study the effect of low-cost housing, delivered in large, sprawling housing estates, on households that win the housing. We collect baseline and follow up data such that the study emulates the design a randomized controlled trial, for which the Government of Ethiopia plays the role of randomizer. The objective of the study is to provide evidence on two main questions: First, does state delivered, subsidized formal housing have the intended consequences of improving housing consumption and housing investments among beneficiary households? Second, does the construction of large-scale housing estates have unintended negative consequences that will make cities worse places to live? In particular, does winning formal housing in isolated housing estates have impacts on labour supply, communities and social networks?
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Franklin, Simon. 2018. "Low-cost housing for Africa's cities? The impact of the Government Condominium Scheme in Ethiopia." AEA RCT Registry. April 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.2900-1.0
Former Citation
Franklin, Simon. 2018. "Low-cost housing for Africa's cities? The impact of the Government Condominium Scheme in Ethiopia." AEA RCT Registry. April 17. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/2900/history/28453
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
See attached analysis plan for details.
Intervention Start Date
2016-01-01
Intervention End Date
2018-04-15

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
1. Housing quality
2. Household consumption and investment
3. Labour supply and earnings
4. Social networks
5. Community and public goods.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
See attached analysis plan for details.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
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Secondary Outcomes (explanation)
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Experimental Design

Experimental Design
See full pre-analysis plan attached.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
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Randomization Unit
Household
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
n/a
Sample size: planned number of observations
1564 households
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
783 treatment, 781 control.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
LSE Research Ethics Committee
IRB Approval Date
2017-12-12
IRB Approval Number
000632
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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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