Discussion Paper No. 103 of 2009 on Youth Unemployment in Kenya: Its Nature and Covariates

dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-22T05:39:38Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-22T05:39:38Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.identifier.uri	http://repository.kippra.or.ke/handle/123456789/2689
dc.description.abstract	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 probit model to examine factors that determine unemployment among the youth in Kenya using data from the Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS) of 2005/06. In particular, it focuses on the impact of individual and household characteristics of the youth on their labour market success. Individual characteristics of the youth are represented by education, age, gender, location, physical health and marital status, while household characteristics include household size and income...	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	DP/103/2009;
dc.subject	Unemployment	en
dc.subject	Youth Empowerment	en
dc.subject	Kenya	en
dc.subject	Labour market	en
dc.subject	Youth unemployment	en
dc.subject	Poverty	en
dc.title	Discussion Paper No. 103 of 2009 on Youth Unemployment in Kenya: Its Nature and Covariates	en
dc.type	Discussion Paper	en
ppr.contributor.author	Wamalwa, Fredrick Masinde