Employment creation in Kenya is a major concern to the government. The 1998/99 Labour Force Survey estimates Kenya’s active labour force at 10.5 million people, and unemployment at 14.6% of the active labour force. Given ...

The theme of this edition is informed by budget 2019/20 with a focus on Creating Jobs and Transforming lives-for Inclusive Growth. three articles under this theme are presented, which include the role of manufacturing in ...

In many countries, long term unemployment and underemployment continue to soar. The unemployment rate of youth agl'd 15-24 in Kenya was 24% in 2005/6 compared to the overall unemployment rate of 12.7%. Under-employment ...

This study considers empirical evidence concerning job search behaviour of non-working individuals in Kenya. The study uses data from a nationally representative Labour Force Survey and discrete choice models to analyse ...

Kenya's manufacturing sector accounts for over 10 per cent of GDP. Intensification of trade liberalization reforms in the 1990s saw the share of exporting firms increase. This seems to have coincided with a rise in use of ...

Unemployment among the youth is one of the major policy concerns of the Government of Kenya, because it imposes costs on individual youth, their families and the economy. Aware of this policy concern, this study uses a ...

This paper analyses the effect of globalisation on the labour market outcomes in Kenya using micro datasets complemented with secondary data. The analysis shows that during the economic reform period (1970s to 1990s), ...

Unemployment and poverty are major socio-economic challenges affecting most countries. They are associated with under-utilization of resources, while leading to low welfare status. In the past, the Kenya government has ...

Child labour is a major policy concern in Kenya because it has implications that persist over a child’s life cycle and across generations. This study examines the levels of child labour participation across sectors and ...

This paper looks at the education indicators and their trends, paying special attention to variations across gender and regions. Although Kenya has made an impressive achievement in the development of education since ...