Using unique data from one of Africa's largest informal settlements, the Kibera slum in Nairobi, we provide evidence of ethnic patronage in the determination of rental prices and investments. Slum residents pay higher rents and live in lower quality housing (measured via satellite pictures) when the landlord and the locality chief belong to the same ethnicity. Conversely, rental prices are lower, and investments higher when residents and chiefs are co-ethnics. Our identification relies on the exogenous appointment of chiefs and is supported by several tests, including a regression discontinuity design.

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没有免费的房子：肯尼亚贫民窟的种族赞助

使用来自非洲最大的非正式定居点之一，内罗毕的基贝拉贫民窟的独特数据，我们在确定租金和投资时提供了种族赞助的证据。当房东和地方长属于同一种族时，贫民窟居民支付更高的租金并住在质量较低的住房（通过卫星图片测量）。相反，当居民和酋长是同族时，租金较低，投资较高。我们的识别依赖于外源任命的负责人，并得到多项测试的支持，包括回归不连续性设计。