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Trade Union membership and earnings in Kenyan manufacturing firms
(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 ...
Urban poverty and labour force participation in Kenya
(2003-11)
Recent estimates show that urban poverty in Kenya has increased tremendously.
For the urban poor, whose main income generating asset is labour, participation
in the labour market is crucial. Employment enables the urban ...
Impact of Minimum -Wages on Formal Employment in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2007-03)
This paper uses time series data to analyze the impact of minimum wages
on employment in the private and public formal sectors in Kenya. An error
correction model is used to analyse the long-run and short-run effect ...