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Effect of the East African Community Common External Tariff on Household Labor Income in Kenya
This study investigates how changes in prices caused by the adoption of the East African Community Common External Tariff affected the labor incomes of households in Kenya. Households in rural, urban, and fully urban areas are analyzed. Workers are…
Gender Mainstreaming in Kenya's Trade Agreements: The Africa Continental Free Trade Area
The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the Treaty establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement is gender mainstreamed. Specifically, the study investigates how gender related issues are represented in the…
Do Exports of Services Lengthen the Duration of Export of Goods? Evidence from Kenya
This study investigates the effect of service exports disaggregated into nine categories (transport, travel, construction, government, ICT, personal, cultural and recreational, financial, insurance, and other business services) on the survival of…
Pass-Through Effects of the East African Community Common External Tariffs on Kenya's Domestic Prices
This study offers an empirical microlevel analysis of the pass-through effects of the East African Community Common External Tariff on consumer prices in Kenya. Using data from the Kenya Integrated Household Budget Surveys conducted in 2005 and 2015…
The Impact of Trade Openness on Gender Pay Gap
Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the impact of trade openness (among other variables) on gender pay gap in twenty selected Arab and non-Arab countries. A panel data covering the period 2010-2019 is utilized.. Method: A two panel…