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Counting unpaid work in Kenya: Gender and age profiles of hours worked and imputed wage incomes

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  • Muriithi, Moses K.
  • Mutegi, Reuben G.
  • Mwabu, Germano

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The paper first presents profiles of unpaid work by age and gender before turning to profiles of their monetary values. We value unpaid work using a novel data set on hourly wages from the Kenya Gazette on salaries of workers covered by minimum wages mandated by the Government in 2015 (Republic of Kenya, 2015).

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  • Muriithi, Moses K. & Mutegi, Reuben G. & Mwabu, Germano, 2020. "Counting unpaid work in Kenya: Gender and age profiles of hours worked and imputed wage incomes," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 17(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:joecag:v:17:y:2020:i:c:s2212828x16300706
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2017.04.004
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