The impact of distributing school uniforms on children’s education in Kenya

By David K. Evans, Michael Kremer, M. Ngatia. 2008

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The authors evaluate the impact of an educational intervention, in which a Kenyan non-governmental organization distributes school uniforms to children in poor communities. The Nongovernmental organization (NGO) used a lottery to determine who would receive uniforms. Although compliance with the lottery was not perfect, we use winning the lottery as an instrumental variable to identify the impact of receiving a uniform. The authors find that giving a school uniform significantly reduces school absenteeism by 38 percent. Effects are much larger for poorer students who did not previously own a uniform: a 64 percent reduction in school absenteeism. Preliminary data suggest positive impacts of uniform distribution on test scores in core subjects.

Subfields: Education, Safety Research

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Identifying Effective Education Interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Meta-Analysis of Impact Evaluations (2017, background): “The largest magnitude effect size in this group of studies was measured by Evans et al. (2009) for a school uniform provision program in Kenya.”
What Works to Improve the Quality of Student Learning in Developing Countries (2015, background): “Studies have also examined the allocation of financial resources to provide school materials such as computers, flip-charts, and textbooks, which support the learning process and improve teaching quality (see e.g. Barrera-Osorio and Linden 2009; Glewwe et al. 2004; Vermeersch and Kremer 2004; Glewwe”
Improving Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries: Lessons from Rigorous Evaluations (2014, background): “Evans et al. (2008) found that free uniform provision in Busia, Kenya, reduced absenteeism by 44% for the average student and 62% for students who did not previously own a uniform.”
Does International Child Sponsorship Work? A Six-Country Study of Impacts on Adult Life Outcomes (2013, background): “Evans, Kremer, and Ngatia ð2008Þ evaluate a program that selected Kenyan children by lottery to receive free school uniforms.”
Improving Education in Developing Countries (2016, background): “Evans, Kremer, and Ngatia (2009) found that primary school students who”