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Trade Union membership and earnings in Kenyan manufacturing firms
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2001-05)This paper analyses the effect of trade unions on earnings in Kenyan manufacturing using a switching regression model, which takes into account endogeneity of union status of workers. In contrast to earlier studies of the ... -
Structural Adjustment, Poverty and Economic Growth: An Analysis for Kenya.
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Family Background, Education and Earnings in Kenya
(GUPEADepartment of Economics, University of Nairobi,, 2002)This paper uses data collected in 2000 to first estimate OLS and ordered probit models to measure correlation between family background and workers' education. Then, human capital earnings functions are estimated to examine ... -
Total factor productivity in Kenya: The links with trade policy
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 2002)As an objective of development policy, productivity growth has been difficult to achieve in many countries. For this reason, studies on sources of growth are a field of great importance to policy makers. Recent experience, ... -
The Kenyan economy in transition: the challenges, issues and stakeholder perspectives
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Real Wages and Returns to Human Capital in Kenya Manufacturing firms
(GUPEA, 2002)This paper studies how real wages and wage returns to human capital in Kenya manufacturing firms changed, using cross-section data sets from a survey conducted in 1993, 1994, 1995, and 2000. A quantile regression technique ... -
ECKHARD SIGGEL, GERRISHON K. IKIARA AND. Restarting and sustaining economic growth and development in Africa: the case of Kenya, 243.
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Pricing Practices in Public Health Facilities. A Report Prepared for the Ministry of Health. POLICY Project. Nairobi:
(University of NairobiSchool of Economics, 2003) -
Key Trade Related Issues For Kenya In An Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
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Poverty and Employment in Kenya, The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
(University of Nairobi,College of humanities and social sciences,, 2004) -
The Demand for outpatient medical care in rural Kenya
(Economic Growth Center, Yale UniversitySchool of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2004-05)Good health is a determinant of economic growth and a component of well-being. This paper discusses and synthesizes economic models of individual and household behavior, showing how they may be used to illuminate health ... -
A Comprehensive Study To Establish Facilities For Infrastructural Development: With Reference To Lowering The Cost Of Doing Business In Kenya
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African imperatives in the World Trade order. case studies in Kenya
(African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA): Nairobi, Kenya:Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, 2005) -
EU SPS Issues In Inland Fisheries In East and Southern A frica
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Regulatory and standards requirements for Kenya export commodities .
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 2005) -
Determinants of poverty in Kenya: a household level analysis
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2005-01)Strategies aimed at poverty reduction need to identify factors that are strongly associated with poverty and that are amenable to modification by policy. This article uses household level data collected in 1994 to examine ... -
Policy advice during a crisis
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2005-09)Good policy making is an art. It involves a substantial element of personal judgement about risks and consequences of alternative courses of actions and decisions. It is also a science because it requires systematic gathering ... -
Private Sector Investment in Education and Training: A Case of Tertiary Education in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,College of humanities and social sciences,, 2005-12)This paper assesses the current status of private sector participation in education investment and makes policy recommendations. A cross-sectional research d esign was used in this study. An in-depth descriptive ... -
Assessing Sustainability Of Faith-based Enterprises In Kenya
(Emerald Group Publishing LimitedSchool of Economics, 2006)Purpose – This paper is concerned with sustainable development (supporting profit-making enterprises as alternatives to providing relief efforts in developing countries) of faith-based enterprises in Kenya focusing on the ... -
An Overview of American and Chinese Activities in Africa
(University of NairobiSchool of Economics, 2006)