Kehinde F. Ajayi
Senior Fellow & Director of Gender Equality and Inclusion Program
Center for Global Development
Published Papers
Who Uses Childcare Centers? Evidence from Burkina Faso (with Aziz Dao, Estelle Koussoubé, and P. Rita Nikiema). May 2024, American Economic Association: Papers and Proceedings, 114: 454-458. [PDF] [Data] [Article]
School Choice and Educational Mobility: Lessons from Secondary School Applications in Ghana. Forthcoming, Journal of Human Resources. [PDF]
Self-Employment Preferences among University Graduates in Ghana: Does Gender Make a Difference? (with Nana Akua Anyidoho). March 2022, Development Policy Research, 40(2): e12562. [PDF] [Data] [Article]
The Effects of Education on Financial Outcomes: Evidence from Kenya (with Phillip Ross). October 2020, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 69(1): 253-289. [PDF] [Data] [Article]
The Importance of Information Targeting for School Choice (with Willa Friedman and Adrienne Lucas). May 2017, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 107(5): 638-643. [PDF] [Data] [Article]
Gender Parity and Schooling Choices (with Marric Buessing). May 2015, Journal of Development Studies, 51(5): 503-522. [PDF] [Data] [Article]
Working Papers
When Information is Not Enough: Evidence from a Centralized School Choice System (with Willa Friedman and Adrienne Lucas). NBER Working Paper 27887. Conditionally Accepted, Economic Journal. [PDF]
The Effects of Childcare on Women and Children: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Burkina Faso (with Aziz Dao and Estelle Koussoubé). Center for Global Development Working Paper 628. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 10239. [PDF] [Blog post]
Gender Differences in Socio-Emotional Skills and Economic Outcomes: New Evidence from 17 African Countries (with Smita Das, Clara Delavallade, Tigist Ketema and Léa Rouanet). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 10197. [PDF]
School Choice under Imperfect Information (with Modibo Sidibé). [PDF]
Student Performance and the Effects of School Quality versus School Fit. Earlier version, IED Working Paper 260. [PDF]
Consumer Perceptions and Saving Behavior. [PDF]
Imperfect Information and School Choice in Ghana (with Henry Telli). IGC Working Paper. [PDF]
Book Chapter
The Adoption of the Common External Tariff in Nigeria (with Philip Osafo-Kwaako). In D. Tussie, ed., The Politics of Trade: The Role of Research in Trade Policy and Negotiation. Dordrecht, Leiden, Boston: Republic of Letters Publishing, pp. 121-149, 2009. [Link]
Other Writing
Reversing the Ban on Female Circumcision in The Gambia: An Alarm Bell for Girls’ Education and Gender Equality Globally (with Thi Le and Susannah Hares) April 2024 [Link]
Deconstructing Five Common Myths about Childcare in Africa (with Sophia Friedson-Ridenour, Nathalie Ouangraoua and Rachael Pierotti) October 2023 [Link]
Shining Light on the Stories beneath the Statistics October 2023 [Link]
Bringing Women Back to Political Leadership in Nigeria March 2023 [Link]
A Zip Lining Guide to Women's Economic Empowerment February 2023 [Link]
Elevating the Childcare Agenda: What Could an Africa-US Partnership Look Like? December 2022 [Link]
What Happens When Early Childhood Development Meets Women’s Economic Empowerment? (with Aziz Dao and Estelle Koussoubé) November 2022 [Link]
What Works for Whom in Childcare: What Do We Know, and What’s Left to Learn? November 2022 [Link]
Reproductive Rights and Women’s Economic Empowerment August 2022 [Link]
New Insights on Women’s Employment in Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks (with Niklas Buehren, Rachel Cassidy, and Isabelle Salcher) October 2021 [Link]
COVID-19 Impacts on Women Factory Workers in Ethiopia: Results from High-Frequency Phone Surveys (with Niklas Buehren, Menaal Ebrahim, and Adiam Hailemicheal) June 2020 [Link]
Designing Social Protection Programs that Empower Women (with Alessandra Heinemann) June 2020 [Link]