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Reproducibility package for Individual Demand For Building State Effectiveness

2025
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RR_ETH_2025_431
Author(s)
Harry Dienes, Daniel Rogger, Giulio Schinaia, Yetsedaw Emagne Bekele
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World Bank Policy Research Working Papers
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Created on
Oct 10, 2025
Last modified
Oct 10, 2025
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    • Overview

    Abstract

    Investments in public sector workers’ human capital can generate social returns by improving service delivery and state effectiveness. Yet it is unclear whether public workers internalise these broader benefits when making investment decisions. We elicit willingness-to-pay (WTP) for professional development from Ethiopian public servants and embed randomised interventions targeting anticipated benefits. Baseline WTP is positive but well below implementation costs. Explicitly emphasising privatebenefits modestly raises demand compared to highlighting societal returns. Implicitly increasing the salience of a supportive managerial environment substantially increases WTP, underscoring the role of perceived organisational norms in public service investment decisions.

    Reproducibility Package

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    File name
    RR_ETH_2025_431
    Zip package
    RR_ETH_2025_431.zip
    Title
    Reproducibility package for Individual Demand For Building State Effectiveness
    Date
    2025-10
    Dependencies
    Stata dependencies are listed in the ado folder.
    Instructions
    See README in reproducibility package.
    Notes
    Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DECDI) Analytics team, World Bank.
    Source code repository
    Repository name URI
    Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank) https://reproducibility.worldbank.org
    Software
    Name
    Stata
    Version
    18.5 MP

    Reproducibility

    Technology environment

    Paper exhibits were reproduced on a computer with the following specifications:
    • OS: Windows 11 Enterprise, version 24H2
    • Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 165U (2.10 GHz)
    • Memory available: 32 GB
    Technology requirements

    Runtime: 1 hour
    Reproduction instructions
    1. Access the data: All data used in the package are not public yet but will become available in the future. No portion of the code can run without these data. See the README and the Datasets section for details.
    2. Download and place the data: Once all data are obtained, copy it to the corresponding folders as noted in the README.
    3. Run the code:
    • Adjust the home file path in line 15 of the do-file "main".
    • Verify the value of the global toggle_nopii of line 22 is set to zero. This will only run the do-files that work with the public versions of the data.
    • Run the code.

    Data

    Datasets
    Name
    Survey data on Ethiopian public servants' willingness to pay for capacity building
    Note
    Data was collected by the authors between November 2023 - February 2025. Raw data files: "Ethiopia WTP study at CSU_attendance_sheet.xlsx", "Ethiopia WTP study at CSU_WIDE.csv", "Ethiopia WTP study at CSU_WIDE_phone.xlsx", "Ethiopia WTP study at CSU_gender.xlsx", "phone/Ethiopia CSU Phone Survey_WIDE.csv", "phone/Ethiopia WTP study at CSU_call_order.csv", "phone/phone_preloads.dta", "Ethiopia WTP study at CSU_reflectiononly.csv". These raw data files contain personally identifiable information and are only available to the authors. An anonymized version of the dataset compatible with this reproducibility package will be made available at the World Bank Microdata Library in the future (see section Reproduction Instructions for instructions on how to run the code with this data).
    Access policy
    Data is forthcoming in the World Bank Microdata Library.
    Name
    Microdata from the Global Survey of Public Servants
    Note
    Data was collected by the authors on February-April 2024 and June-August 2016. The data consists of the microdata of the Global Survey of Public Servants (GSPS). Raw data files: "ethiopia_CSS_2024_raw_replication", "Ethiopia_Civil_Servants_Survey_2016_cleaned_replication.dta". An anonymized version of the dataset compatible with this reproducibility package will be made available at the World Bank Microdata Library in the future (see section Reproduction Instructions for instructions on how to run the code with this data).
    Access policy
    Data is forthcoming in the World Bank Microdata Library.
    Data URL
    https://www.globalsurveyofpublicservants.org
    Data statement

    All data is temporarily embargoed by the authors (expected to be made public in the future).

    Description

    Output
    Type
    Working Paper
    Title
    Individual Demand For Building State Effectiveness
    Description
    Policy Research Working Papers (PRWP)
    Authors
    Author Affiliation Email
    Harry Dienes Cornell University hjd45@cornell.edu
    Daniel Rogger World Bank drogger@worldbank.org
    Giulio Schinaia University of Chicago gschinaia@uchicago.edu
    Yetsedaw Emagne Bekele World Bank emagneyetsea15@gmail.com
    Date of production

    2025-10-01

    Scope and coverage

    Geographic locations
    Location Code
    Ethiopia ETH
    Keywords
    Human Capital Investment Public Sector Workers Narrative Interventions
    Topics
    ID Topic Parent topic ID Vocabulary Vocabulary URI
    D73 Bureaucracy • Administrative Processes in Public Organizations • Corruption D7 Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)
    H00 General H0 Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)
    H11 Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government H1 Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)
    H83 Public Administration • Public Sector Accounting and Audits H8 Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)
    M53 Training M5 Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)
    O20 General O2 Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)

    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 Affiliation Email
    Harry Dienes Cornell University hjd45@cornell.edu
    Reproducibility WBG World Bank reproducibility@worldbank.org

    Information on metadata

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

    2025-10-01
    Document version

    1
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