Replication data for: There Is No Free House: Ethnic Patronage in a Kenyan Slum
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Benjamin Marx; Thomas M. Stoker; Tavneet Suri
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Project Citation:
Marx, Benjamin, Stoker, Thomas M., and Suri, Tavneet. Replication data for: There Is No Free House: Ethnic Patronage in a Kenyan Slum. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116343V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Using unique data from one of Africa's largest informal settlements, the Kibera slum in Nairobi, we provide evidence of ethnic patronage in the determination of rental prices and investments. Slum residents pay higher rents and live in lower quality housing (measured via satellite pictures) when the landlord and the locality chief belong to the same ethnicity. Conversely, rental prices are lower, and investments higher when residents and chiefs are co-ethnics. Our identification relies on the exogenous appointment of chiefs and is supported by several tests, including a regression discontinuity design.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
O18 Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
R21 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Housing Demand
R31 Housing Supply and Markets
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
O18 Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
R21 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Housing Demand
R31 Housing Supply and Markets
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