Cash Transfer for Education Pilot in Kenya

Last registered on August 10, 2021
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Cash Transfer for Education Pilot in Kenya
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0003310
Initial registration date
September 10, 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
August 10, 2021, 3:40 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Kenya
Region
Garissa

Primary Investigator

Name
Munir Squires
Affiliation
UBC Economics
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
Withdrawn
Start date
2013-04-01
End date
2015-02-28
Keywords
Education, Welfare
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
This report evaluates the impact of the Cash Transfer for Education pilot in Garissa, Kenya. The pilot took place over 18 months, 2013-2014, and involved giving conditional and unconditional cash transfers as a means of increasing primary school enrolment and attendance.

The results from this pilot rely on randomised allocation to treatment that was conducted with 4000 participants in 31 villages. Each participant was assigned to either the unconditional cash transfer treatment (UCT), conditional cash transfer treatment (CCT), or control group.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Squires, Munir. 2021. "Cash Transfer for Education Pilot in Kenya." AEA RCT Registry. August 10. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.3310-1.0
Former Citation
Squires, Munir. 2021. "Cash Transfer for Education Pilot in Kenya." AEA RCT Registry. August 10. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/3310/history/97546
Sponsors & Partners
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2013-07-01
Intervention End Date
2014-12-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Enrollment and school attendance rates for primary-school-age children
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Eligible participants randomized into one of three groups: either the unconditional cash transfer treatment (UCT), conditional cash transfer treatment (CCT), or control group.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Public lottery
Randomization Unit
Individual participant
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
4000 individuals
Sample size: planned number of observations
4000 individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
1500 individuals UCT, 1500 individuals CCT, 1000 individuals 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
Study has received IRB approval. Details not available.
IRB Approval Date
Details not available
IRB Approval Number
Details not available
Analysis Plan

Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

Study Withdrawal

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
Yes
Intervention Completion Date
December 01, 2014, 12:00 +00:00
Data Collection Complete
Yes
Data Collection Completion Date
February 28, 2015, 12:00 +00:00
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization)
Was attrition correlated with treatment status?
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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