Employment Intensity of Output Growth in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorThuku, Gideon Kiguru
dc.contributor.authorOmolo, Jacob
dc.contributor.authorMuniu, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-23T09:51:38Z
dc.date.available2022-05-23T09:51:38Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-21
dc.descriptionA Research Article in the IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance (IOSR-JEF)en_US
dc.description.abstractCreation of productive and sustainable employment opportunities remains a key policy priority of most countries including Kenya. Employment creation in Kenya has been based on the premise that high economic growth should translate to more employment opportunities. Kenya has experienced varying rates of economic growth.In spite of the increase in growth rates, Kenya’s employment elasticity declined from 1.28 in 1992-1996 to 0.5 and 0.38 in 2004-2008 and 2009-2016 respectively. Since political independence in 1963, the Kenyan government has implemented various fiscal policies that focus on employment creation. Despite all these interventions, creation of adequate, productive and sustainable employment opportunities continues to be one of the greatest economic challenges in the country. The purpose of the study was therefore to determine employment elasticities in priority sectors in Kenya. The study found that employment elasticities within priority sectors ranged from 0.115 to 0.412. The study concluded that the employment elasticity’s response to fiscal policies varied among the priority sectors. The study recommends that government should give more attention to service sectors as a means of enhancing employment creation. The study further recommends that policies pursued by the government to boost employment should be sector specific.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThuku, G. K., Omolo, J., & Muniu, J. (2019). Employment Intensity of Output Growth in Kenya. Journal of Economics and Finance, 10, 9-21.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2321-5933
dc.identifier.issn2321-5925
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23773
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIOSR Journal of Economics and Finance (IOSR-JEF)en_US
dc.subjectEmployment Elasticityen_US
dc.subjectOutput Growthen_US
dc.titleEmployment Intensity of Output Growth in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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