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Reproducibility package for Does Gender Tagging Public Works Increase Women’s Participation? Experimental Evidence from Haiti, Kenya and Rwanda

2025
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Reference ID
PP_WLD_2025_290
DOI
https://doi.org/10.60572/yvt2-1776
Author(s)
Tanay Balantrapu, Paul Christian, Lelys Dinarte-Diaz, Felipe Dunsch, Jonas Heirman, Dahyeon Jeong, Erin Kelley, Florence Kondylis, Gregory Lane, John Loeser
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Journal articles
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Created on
Apr 04, 2025
Last modified
May 29, 2025
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    • Overview

    Abstract

    Public works programs often fail to induce participation by women in dual-headed households, with potential implications for closing gender gaps in autonomy. We randomize "Gender Tagging", labeling programs as "for women", in cash-for-work programs that target poor households in three countries (Haiti, Kenya, and Rwanda). Gender Tagging increases women's participation by 11-to-27 percentage points (29-190%) in contexts where women have low labor market attachment. We apply recent econometric methods to test effect heterogeneity across households, to show that Gender Tagging generates catch up: women least likely to participate under the status quo program experience the largest increase in participation from Gender Tagging.

    Reproducibility Package

    Scripts
    Get Reproducibility Package
    Title
    Reproducibility Package for Does Gender Tagging Public Works Increase Women’s Participation? Experimental Evidence from Haiti, Kenya, and Rwanda
    Date
    2025-04
    Dependencies
    All dependencies are included in "renv.lock"
    Notes
    Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DIME) Analytics team, World Bank.
    Source code repository
    Repository name URI
    Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank) https://reproducibility.worldbank.org
    Software
    Name
    R
    Version
    4.4.0

    Reproducibility

    Technology environment

    Paper exhibits were reproduced on a computer with the following specifications:
    • OS: Windows 10 Enterprise, version 22H2
    • Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6132 CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.60 GHz (2 processors)
    • Memory available: 128 GB
    • Software version: R 4.3.0
    Technology requirements

    ~6 hours
    Reproduction instructions

    To reproduce the results in this paper, please follow these steps:

    1. Download the reproducibility package.
    2. Download the required data files from the Microdata Library and place them in the appropriate folder as specified in the README.
    3. Open the script main.R and update the directory paths on lines 42, 44, and 48.
    4. Run the script.
    5. The outputs generated by the code will be saved in the outputs folder.

    Data

    Datasets
    Name
    Does Gender Tagging Public Works Increase Women’s Participation? Experimental Evidence from Haiti, Kenya, and Rwanda
    Note
    Source: World Bank. The data were collected for the study and will be made available through the World Bank Microdata Library. Haiti Filenames: haiti_data.csv, haiti_edu_labor_data.csv, haiti_female_dm_long.csv, haiti_female_tu_week.csv, haiti_male_tu_week.csv, haiti_roster_data.csv Kenya Filenames: kenya_data.csv, kenya_edu_labor_data.csv, kenya_female_dm_long.csv, kenya_female_tu_week.csv, kenya_male_tu_week.csv, kenya_roster_data.csv Rwanda Filenames: rwanda_data.csv, rwanda_edu_labor_data.csv, rwanda_female_dm_long.csv, rwanda_female_tu_week.csv, rwanda_male_tu_week.csv, rwanda_roster_data.csv Users must download the files from the World Bank Microdata Library URL below and place them in the appropriate folders as described in the README.
    Access policy
    Data is publicly available but does not allow redistribution.
    Data URL
    https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/6666
    Data statement

    All data sources are publicly available but not all are included in the reproducibility package.

    Description

    Output
    Type
    Journal Article
    Title
    Does Gender Tagging Public Works Increase Women’s Participation? Experimental Evidence from Haiti, Kenya, and Rwanda
    Authors
    Tanay Balantrapu; Paul Christian; Lelys Dinarte-Diaz; Felipe Dunsch; Jonas Heirman; Dahyeon Jeong; Erin Kelley; Florence Kondylis; Gregory Lane; John Loeser
    Authors
    Author Affiliation Email
    Tanay Balantrapu World Bank tbalantrapu@worldbank.org
    Paul Christian World Bank pchristian@worldbank.org
    Lelys Dinarte-Diaz World Bank ldinartediaz@worldbank.org
    Felipe Dunsch World Food Programme felipe.dunsch@wfp.org
    Jonas Heirman World Food Programme jonas.heirman@wfp.org
    Dahyeon Jeong World Bank dahyeonjeong@worldbank.org
    Erin Kelley University of Chicago erinmkelly@uchicago.edu
    Florence Kondylis World Bank fkondylis@worldbank.org
    Gregory Lane University of Chicago laneg@uchicago.edu
    John Loeser World Bank jloeser@worldbank.org
    Date of production

    2025-04-4

    Scope and coverage

    Geographic locations
    Location Code
    World WLD

    Disclaimer

    Disclaimer

    The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.

    Access and rights

    License
    Name URI
    Modified BSD3 https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Role Email
    John Loeser World Bank jloeser@worldbank.org
    Reproducibility WBG World Bank reproducibility@worldbank.org

    Information on metadata

    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    Reproducibility WBG DIME World Bank - Development Impact Department Verification and preparation of metadata
    Date of Production

    2025-03-31
    Document version

    1

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