The labour market effects of globalization in Kenya
View/ Open
Date
2003-12-18Author
Manda, Damiano Kulundu
Sen, Kunel
Type
ArticleLanguage
enMetadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Since the 1980s, Kenya has been gradually integrating with the global economy. Using both industry-level and firm-level data, the paper examines the effects of globalization on employment and earnings in the Kenyan manufacturing sector. The industry-level analysis suggests that the overall effect of international trade on manufacturing employment has been negative in the 1990s. The firm-level analysis indicates that less skilled workers experienced losses in earnings, and that the inequality in earnings between skilled and unskilled workers increased during this period. This suggests that globalization has been associated with adverse labour market outcomes in Kenya. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
URI
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jid.1061/abstracthttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/27026
Citation
Journal of International Development Volume 16, Issue 1, pages 29Publisher
University of Nairobi Department of Economics