Browsing School of Economics by Author "Wambugu, A"
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Family Background, Education and Earnings in Kenya
Wambugu, A (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 ... -
Incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya: A long-term perspective
Bigsten, Arne; Manda, Damiano K; Mwabu, Germano; Wambugu, A (University of Nairobi, 2014)This paper seeks to measure and explain changes in incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya. It starts from a very long-term perspective covering the last century, but then focuses on a more detailed analysis of the ... -
Multi - dimensional Poverty and W ell - being of W omen and C hildren in Kenya.
Kabubo - Mariara, J.; Wambugu, A; Musau, S (University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 2010) -
Multidimensional Poverty Comparisons in Kenya: Analysis of Maternal and Child Well - being
Wambugu, A (School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2010)This paper utilizes Demographic and Health Survey data to generate multidimensional poverty profiles for women and children in Kenya during the period 1993 to 2003.We measure wellbeing in two dimensions: assets and health ... -
Real Wages and Returns to Human Capital in Kenya Manufacturing firms
Wambugu, A (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 ...