Economics

Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2013

  • Unemployment and Underemployment in Kenya: A Gender Gap Analysis

    Gayline Vuluku, Anthony Wambugu, Eliud Moyi

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2013
    Pages: 7-16
    Received: 19 June 2013
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    Published: 20 July 2013
    DOI: 10.11648/j.eco.20130202.11
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    Abstract: This paper analyses the gender gaps in open unemployment and underemployment in Kenya, using data from the Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey 2005/06. Unemployment and underemployment probability functions were estimated separately for men and women, using binary probit specification and the gender gap in each outcome was decomposed to determ... Show More