This paper attempts to analyze the fact that is trade liberalization reducing poverty and income inequality in Pakistan … significant impact on aggregate poverty and income inequality in Pakistan in short-run. In long run, trade liberalization has some … strong effects on poverty and inequality. Nevertheless, other control variables - foreign remittances and gross capital …

Formal remittance flows to Pakistan have shown noticeable growth over the past decade. Using bilateral remittance data … suitable to control for unobserved heterogeneity as well as simultaneous bias existing between remittances and migrant's stock …. The main novelty with respect to the existing literature is the use of transaction costs of remittances as a superior …

Formal remittance flows to Pakistan have shown noticeable growth over the past decade. Using bilateral remittance data … suitable to control for unobserved heterogeneity as well as simultaneous bias existing between remittances and migrant's stock …. The main novelty with respect to the existing literature is the use of transaction costs of remittances as a superior …

development vis-à-vis income in Pakistan for the periods 1980-2010 using the bounds procedure within the augmented Solow …-model approach. In the long-run, trade openness, ODA, and remittances have a significant positive effect on the income level, while … while remittances, trade openness and financial development have lagged negative effects. Therefore, understanding that aid …

analyze the impact of terrorism in Pakistan on the inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investments, and … migrant remittances. We find that FDI decreases substantially as a result of terrorist activity, whereas portfolio investments … show little change. In contrast, migrant remittances show a significant increase. These differences are also evident in …

inequality in case of Pakistan. The study has been divided into three linkages; one linkage is between financial development … distribution or income inequality, and the last one is between financial development, financial instability and poverty via … empirical evidence confirms the existence of McKinnon Conduit Effect (MCE) in Pakistan. The present study suggests suitable …

The aim of the paper is to explore the association between financial development, domestic savings and poverty in case … of Pakistan. The study has employed annual time series data over the period of 1971-2005. The ARDL bounds testing … found between finnacial development and poverty reduction in the long run but strong cuasality is running from fall in …

This study analyzes the differential consumption patterns of foreign and domestic remittances to migrant households in … Pakistan using Working-Leser framework and propensity score matching. Findings point to differing consumption behaviour across … foreign and domestic recipients. Foreign remittances are considered as fungible and spent in the same way as other sources of …

This study examines asset accumulation patterns of the recipients of foreign and domestic remittances. Using the …-receiving households depends upon the nature and magnitude of remittances as well as the economic situation and geographical location of … the recipient households. Foreign remittances lead to a substantial increase in household assets while no significant …

This study analyzes the differential consumption patterns of foreign and domestic remittances to migrant households in … Pakistan using Working-Leser framework and propensity score matching. Findings point to differing consumption behaviour across … foreign and domestic recipients. Foreign remittances are considered as fungible and spent in the same way as other sources of …