Replication data for: Leader Selection and Service Delivery in Community Groups: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Erika Deserranno; Miri Stryjan; Munshi Sulaiman

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Project Citation:

Deserranno, Erika, Stryjan, Miri, and Sulaiman, Munshi. Replication data for: Leader Selection and Service Delivery in Community Groups: Experimental Evidence from Uganda. 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/E116369V1

Project Description

Summary: In developing countries, NGOs and governments often rely on local groups for the delivery of financial and public services. This paper studies how the design of rules used for group leader selection affects leader identity and shapes service delivery. To do so, we randomly assign newly formed savings and loan groups to select their leaders using either a public discussion procedure or a private vote procedure. Leaders selected with a private vote are found to be less positively selected on socioeconomic characteristics. This results in groups that are more inclusive toward poor members, without being less economically efficient.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
      O16 Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
      O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
      O22 Project Analysis
      Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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V1 [2019-12-07]

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