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Trade Reform and Wa...
Trade Reform and Wage Inequality in Kenya, 1964 - 2000
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- Bigsten, Arne, 1947 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Department of Economics
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- Durevall, Dick, 1954 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Department of Economics
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- Göteborg, 2004
- Engelska.
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Serie: Working Papers in Economics (online), 1403-2465 ; 148
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Abstract
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Stäng
- This paper analyses the evolution of wage inequality in Kenya between 1964 and 2000. Our measure of wage inequality is the ratio of wages in manufacturing to wages in agriculture, which can be seen as an indicator of sectoral wage-inequality or as a proxy for skilled to unskilled wages. We find that changes in relative wages have primarily been driven by the degree of openness, while other factors such as the capital-labour ratio, educational attainment, relative labour-productivity, and the ratio between agricultural and manufacturing prices had no significant effect. We conclude that international market integration has reduced wage-inequality in Kenya.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Trade policy; globalisation; wage inequality; Kenya
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