School of Economics: Recent submissions
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Management for Development: Priority Themes in Africa Today
(1988)This book consists of papers from a symposium of the Kenya Chapter of the Society for International Development, Nairobi in 1985, highlighting the importance of proper economic management in the development of Africa. The ... -
Assessing Sustainability Of Faith-based Enterprises In Kenya
(Emerald Group Publishing LimitedSchool of Economics, 2006)Purpose – This paper is concerned with sustainable development (supporting profit-making enterprises as alternatives to providing relief efforts in developing countries) of faith-based enterprises in Kenya focusing on the ... -
Total factor productivity in Kenya: The links with trade policy
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 2002)As an objective of development policy, productivity growth has been difficult to achieve in many countries. For this reason, studies on sources of growth are a field of great importance to policy makers. Recent experience, ... -
Family Background, Education and Earnings in Kenya
(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 ... -
Multidimensional Poverty Comparisons in Kenya: Analysis of Maternal and Child Well - being
(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
(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 ... -
An empirical analysis of interest rate spread in Kenya
(2001)Financial reform predicts achievement of efficiency in the intermediation process and reduced transaction costs, which is proxied by a narrowing wedge between the lending and deposit rates. Kenya’s experience shows a ... -
African imperatives in the World Trade order. case studies in Kenya
(African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA): Nairobi, Kenya:Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, 2005) -
Trade reforms and food security in Kenya. country case studies and synthesis.
(Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, 2006)No associated abstract -
Erosion under NAMA WTO negotiations: The case for Kenya
(Nairobi: Institute of Economic Affairs-Kenya. IEADepartment of Agricultural Economics, 2008)No associated abstract -
Structural Adjustment, Poverty and Economic Growth: An Analysis for Kenya.
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The Demand for outpatient medical care in rural Kenya
(Economic Growth Center, Yale UniversitySchool of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2004-05)Good health is a determinant of economic growth and a component of well-being. This paper discusses and synthesizes economic models of individual and household behavior, showing how they may be used to illuminate health ... -
Health economics for low-income countries
(Economic Growth Center, Yale University, 2007-05)Good health is a determinant of economic growth and a component of well-being. This paper discusses and synthesizes economic models of individual and household behavior, showing how they may be used to illuminate health ... -
A dynamic model of inflation for Kenya 1974 - 1996
(University of Gothenburg, Department of EconomicsDepartment of Economics, University of Nairobi,, 1997)This paper develops an error correction model with the aim of analysing the behaviour of prices in Kenya during 1974 -1996. In estimating the model, we first test for cointegration in the money and foreign exchange markets, ... -
Estimating returns to soil and water conservation investments - an application to crop yield in Kenya
(University of Gothenburg, Department of EconomicsSchool of Economics, University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, 2009-11)Productivity gains from soil and water conservation (SWC) have empirical support in research stations. Previous empirical results from on-farm adoption of SWC are, however, varied. This study investigated the impact of ... -
Determinants of poverty in Kenya: a household level analysis
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2005-01)Strategies aimed at poverty reduction need to identify factors that are strongly associated with poverty and that are amenable to modification by policy. This article uses household level data collected in 1994 to examine ... -
Policy advice during a crisis
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2005-09)Good policy making is an art. It involves a substantial element of personal judgement about risks and consequences of alternative courses of actions and decisions. It is also a science because it requires systematic gathering ... -
The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing
(EconWPASchool of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2009-09)The returns to education remain a central concern for development policy. In developed countries there is evidence that the returns to education have been rising.Evidence for changes over this period for developing countries ...
