dc.contributor.author | Maina, JB | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-20T13:10:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-20T13:10:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1979 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Research Paper Submitted to the Department of Economics, University of Nairobi, in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Economics. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/23953 | |
dc.description.abstract | Structural change generates major differences in the
rates of growth of economic sectors in the production system,
and hence in sectoral share s in produc t and 1abour force
(employment) •
The major aims of this study was to examine the effect
of changes in income, population, wage and capital formation on
sectoral en~loyment and output; and the impact of structural
change on the relative dominance of the various economic sectors
in tenns of their contribution towards a number of economic
variables. The maj or findings of the study are that:
structural change affects the relative dominance of the sectors,
with relative importance of agriculture in both the production
and employment sector dirrunishing over time; population change
with the implied changes in population characteristics does not
significantly affect employment in any sector, implying that changes
in composition of consumers' demand due to population growth
is a weak factor in promoting sectoral employment; the effect of
wage rate (cost of labour) on sectoral employment differs
depending on the specific sector under consideration. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Structural transformation, population change and sectoral employment in Kenya: 1964-1976 | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Arts-economics | en |