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Determinants of School Choice: Evidence from Rural Punjab, Pakistan
Ahmed, Hamna; Sheikh, Sahar Amjad - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 19 (2014) 1, pp. 1-30
The objective of this study is to understand why parents in rural areas of Punjab, Pakistan, choose to send their …
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The Impact of Public School Enrolment on Child Labor in Punjab, Pakistan
Ahmed, Hamna - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 17 (2012) 2, pp. 1-34
This paper investigates the causal impact of public school enrolment on child labor. Our main hypothesis is as follows: Is school enrolment a substitute for child labor? Recognizing that schooling and work choices are jointly determined by parents in a utility maximizing framework, the study...
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Capital Flows and Real Exchange Rate Overvaluation - A Chronic Ailment: Evidence from Pakistan
Ahmed, Hamna - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 14 (2009) Special Edition, pp. 51-86
concerning the effect of capital flows on the RER in Pakistan. Based on various macroeconomic fundamentals suggested in economic … the terms of trade, government spending, degree of openness, workers’ remittances, foreign direct investment (FDI) flows … suffers from chronic overvaluation in Pakistan. In spite of filtering out unsustainable and temporary flows, overvaluation …
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Financing Constraints: Determinants and Implications for Firm Growth in Pakistan
Ahmed, Hamna; Hamid, Naved - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 16 (2011) Special Edition, pp. 317-346
which finance constrains enterprise growth; and (ii) to explore the determinants of external financial access in Pakistan … to firm growth in Pakistan—a 10 percent increase in the working capital financed through external sources is predicted to … financial access in Pakistan. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010615322
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Capital Flows and Real Exchange Rate Overvaluation - A Chronic Ailment: Evidence from Pakistan
Ahmed, Hamna - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 14 (2009) Special Edition, pp. 51-86
concerning the effect of capital flows on the RER in Pakistan. Based on various macroeconomic fundamentals suggested in economic … the terms of trade, government spending, degree of openness, workers’ remittances, foreign direct investment (FDI) flows … suffers from chronic overvaluation in Pakistan. In spite of filtering out unsustainable and temporary flows, overvaluation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010562189