| dc.creator | Mureithi, Leopold P | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-11T10:29:53Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-11T10:29:53Z | |
| dc.date | 1974-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T12:57:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T12:57:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Mureithi, Leopold P. (1974) Demographic and technological variables in Kenya's employment scene. Discussion Paper 201, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/608 | |
| dc.identifier | 318150 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1908 | |
| dc.description | One reason why employment growth rate in Kenya has been
rather disappointing despite impressive growth of output and capital
stock is because in the recent past Kenya has experienced technological
progress which is biased against labour usage. Capital per worker is
far in excess of capital per head of population. The mode of job
creation has been very capital-expensive.
An attack on the problem from the point of view of reducing
population growth could only be effective in the long run because most
of the working population for fifteen or so years to come has already
been born. In order to increase the supply of positions for these workers,
ways and means have to be devised for reducing the capital cost per job.
One major recommendation is that institutional and educational measures
be undertaken to hasten the development and adoption of efficient labour
intensive technologies. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion Papers;201 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Economic Development | |
| dc.subject | Work and Labour | |
| dc.title | Demographic and technological variables in Kenya's employment scene | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
