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Can microinsurance help prevent child labor? An impact evaluation from Pakistan
Landmann, Andreas; Frölich, Markus - 2013
Child labor is a common consequence of economic shocks in developing countries. We show how reducing vulnerability can affect child labor and schooling. We exploit the extension of a health and accident insurance scheme by a Pakistani microfinance institution (MFI) that was set up as a...
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The Political Economy of US Aid to Pakistan
Anwar, Mumtaz; Michaelowa, Katharina - 2004
need. At the example of US aid to Pakistan, this paper suggests alternative political economic explanations, notably the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295435
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The Political Economy of International Financial Institutions? Lending to Pakistan
Anwar, Mumtaz - 2005
This paper analyzes the determinants of international financial institutions (IFIs)'s lending decisions to Pakistan. At … the example of three major IFIs, the World Bank, IMF and ADB, this paper suggests that political economic factors, notably …
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Human capital and the adoption of information and communications technologies: Evidence from investment climate survey of Pakistan
Mughal, Mazhar; Diawara, Barassou - 2011
Technologies (ICT) in the Pakistani firms using the World Bank Enterprise Survey 2002-07. The paper considers various indicators of … economy such as Pakistan is to improve its competitiveness. …
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Pakistan, politics and political business cycles
Batool, Irem; Sieg, Gernot - 2009
This paper studies whether in Pakistan the dynamic behavior of unemployment, inflation, budget deficit and real GDP …, financed by heavy government borrowings from the central bank and banking sector. 4. Real GDP growth and real governmental …
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Organizational Barriers to Technology Adoption: Evidence from Soccer-Ball Producers in Pakistan
Atkin, David; Chaudhry, Azam; Chaudry, Shamyla; … - 2015
This paper studies technology adoption in a cluster of soccer-ball producers in Sialkot, Pakistan. We invented a new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307431
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Do transfer costs matter for foreign remittances?
Ahmed, Junaid; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 10 (2016) 2016-4, pp. 1-36
Using bilateral data on remittance flows to Pakistan for 23 major host countries, this is the first study that examines …
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A New Model for Constructing Poverty Lines
Kakwani, Nanak - 2010
the construction of poverty thresholds in Pakistan. …
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Human capital and economic growth: Pakistan, 1960 - 2003
Abbasa, Qaisar; Foreman-Peck, James - 2007
This paper investigates the relationship between human capital and economic growth in Pakistan with time series data … attained in Pakistan. High returns to health spending compare very favourably with industrial investment. Human capital is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322752
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The Mincer human capital model in Pakistan: Implications for educational policy
Abbasa, Qaisar; Foreman-Peck, James - 2007
This paper estimates and interprets returns to education for three sub-sectors of labour market by gender in Pakistan …, using the most recent data set of Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) Survey 2004-05. The results show …
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