Trade Openness and Female Employment: An Empirical Sectoral Analysis from Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorGachoki, Charles Munene
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-19T08:22:51Z
dc.date.available2023-07-19T08:22:51Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractGender equality promotes a country’s development potential and is therefore considered to play an important role in economic development. This study probes the effects of economic determinants on female employment in the agricultural sector in Kenya by considering economic and social factors. The study employs the ARDL approach for the period 1980-2019. There is a longterm link between economic and social determinants and female employment in the agricultural sector, which has been validated empirically. The results indicate that per capita income, inflation and exports encourage female employment, while foreign direct investment, fertility rate and imports impact female employment in the agricultural sector negatively in Kenya. The main policy implication based on results is that trade openness in form of exports should be promoted to increase female employment in the agricultural sector in Kenya. There is a need to shift Kenya's imports from food-based to capital-intensive imports to promote women's employment in the agricultural sector. IJSB Accepted 19 August 2022 Published 25 August 2022 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7022792en_US
dc.identifier.citationGachoki, Charles. (2022). Trade Openness and Female Employment: An Empirical Sectoral Analysis from Kenya. 10.5281/zenodo.7022792.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7022792
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26307
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Academic Publisheren_US
dc.subjectARDLen_US
dc.subjectFemale labour Force Participationen_US
dc.subjectTrade opennessen_US
dc.titleTrade Openness and Female Employment: An Empirical Sectoral Analysis from Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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