The Impact of minimum wage legislation on employment in Kenyan manufacturing sector(1970-2001) / Njari George Kairu.

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  • HD4918.A6N53 2001
Summary: The impact of the minimum wages on the labor market has been a recurrent and controversial issue in the theoretical and empirical literature. Most of the studies have focused on industrialized countries and the few on the developing economies are in Latin American countries. By using secondary time series data collected from various government and statistical publications, this study attempts to estimate the impact of minimum wage on employment in the Kenyan manufacturing sector for the period 1970 - 2001. The results suggest a relatively mild unemployment affecting the short run but no significant impact in the long run. The results revealed positive employment effect in the sector following increases in imports.
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The impact of the minimum wages on the labor market has been a recurrent and controversial issue in the theoretical and empirical literature. Most of the studies have focused on industrialized countries and the few on the developing economies are in Latin American countries. By using secondary time series data collected from various government and statistical publications, this study attempts to estimate the impact of minimum wage on employment in the Kenyan manufacturing sector for the period 1970 - 2001. The results suggest a relatively mild unemployment affecting the short run but no significant impact in the long run. The results revealed positive employment effect in the sector following increases in imports.

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