The labour market effects of globalization in Kenya

dc.contributor.author	Manda, Damiano Kulundu
dc.contributor.author	Sen, Kunel
dc.date.accessioned	2013-05-29T12:24:38Z
dc.date.available	2013-05-29T12:24:38Z
dc.date.issued	2003-12-18
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of International Development Volume 16, Issue 1, pages 29	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jid.1061/abstract
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/27026
dc.description.abstract	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	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi	en
dc.title	The labour market effects of globalization in Kenya	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Economics	en