Impact of County Road Infrastructure Investment on Employment

Abstract

The current research aimed to delve into the empirical connection between the infrastructure investment at the county level and employment outcome in Kenya. To be more precise, the study endeavours to scrutinize how county road infrastructure influences employment. Additionally, the research aims to discern any sectorial disparities in the employment repercussions stemming from county road investments. Ultimately, the study intends to derive policy implications based on its findings. The study relied on an eight-year (2015-2022) panel data for six counties in Kenya collected from various data sources such as KNBS, IMF and a Fixed Effect model to achieve the objectives. Result reveals that our study does not find any evidence linking road infrastructural investment and gross county product to county employment outcome. However, there is enough evidence to support human services expenditure and education expenditure to boost and reduce county employment outcome respectively