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Bank Development And Unemployment In Kenya: An Empirical Investigation

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  • Sheilla Nyasha
  • Nicholas M. Odhiambo
  • Mercy T. Musakwa

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This study has empirically investigated the impact of bank development on unemployment in Kenya, based on time-series data spanning from 1991 to 2019. Using the ARDL bounds testing approach, the results of the study have revealed that in Kenya, the impact of bank development on unemployment, though time-invariant, depends largely on the proxy used to measure the level of bank development. Consistent with expectations, bank development – as proxied by liquid liabilities, bank deposits, deposit money bank assets and the banking development index – has been found to have a negative impact on unemployment in Kenya. However, when bank development is proxied by the domestic credit to private sector by banks, its impact on unemployment was found to be statistically insignificant. These results were found to apply consistently in the long run and in the short run.

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  • Sheilla Nyasha & Nicholas M. Odhiambo & Mercy T. Musakwa, 2022. "Bank Development And Unemployment In Kenya: An Empirical Investigation," Working Papers 2203, African Economic and Social Research Institute (AESRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:afa:wpaper:2203
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    Keywords

    Unemployment; bank development; bank-based financial development; financial development; Kenya; ARDL;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services

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