Can free provision reduce demand for public services? : evidence from Kenyan education (English)

In 2003 Kenya abolished user fees in all government primary schools. It shows that this policy contributed to a shift in demand away from free schools, where net enrollment stagnated after 2003, toward fee-charging private schools, where both enrollment and fee levels grew rapidly after 2003. These shifts had mixed distributional consequences. Enrollment by poorer households increased, but segregation between socio-economic groups also increased...

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Bold,Tessa;

Kimenyi,Valence;

Mwabu,Germano M;

Sandefur,Justin;
Document Date
2014/01/12
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
112423
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2017/03/01
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Disclosed
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Can free provision reduce demand for public services? : evidence from Kenyan education
Keywords
Private School

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Bold,Tessa; Kimenyi,Valence; Mwabu,Germano M; Sandefur,Justin.

Can free provision reduce demand for public services? : evidence from Kenyan education (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/991781488372586369

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