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Does Trade Liberalization Increase the Labor Demand Elasticities? Evidence from Pakistan

Akhter, Naseem; Ali, Amanat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This study measure the linkage of trade liberalization and labor demand elasticities. Using Pakistan firm-level data … labor demand elasticities in the manufacturing sector of Pakistan. Elasticities are measure for production workers and non … hypothesis of no relationship between trade liberalization and labor demand elasticities in case of Pakistan. …

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Zero-tillage Technology and Farm Profits: A Case Study of Wheat Growers in the Rice Zone of Punjab

Iqbal, Muhammad; Khan, M. Azeem; Anwar, M. Zubair - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

This study presents the results from a field survey of the wheat growers in the rice-wheat zone of Punjab. The late maturing basmati rice varieties and the post paddy-harvest conventional tillage practices to prepare seedbed for wheat sowing often result in delayed planting of the crop. The late...

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The Day of the Week Effect in the Pakistani Equity Market: An Investigation

Husain, Fazal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000

This paper investigates the day of the week effect in the Pakistani equity market. Using daily data on eight sector indices as well as the general market index from January 1989 to December 1993, the analysis did not find, in general, significant differences in stock returns across trading days...

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Financial Development and Economic Growth: The Case of Pakistan

Khan, Arshad; Qayyum, Abdul; Sheikh, Saeed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

This paper has examined the empirical relationship between financial development and economic growth in Pakistan over …

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Exploring Pakistan’s Regional Economic Cooperation Potential

Kemal, A.R. - In: The Pakistan Development Review 43 (2004) 4, pp. 313-334

fact, resulted in a chaos. Pakistan has been a member of the SAARC and the ECO. In both the groups, intra-regional trade …

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Determinants of Farm Revenue in Pakistan

Anriquez, Gustavo; Valdes, Alberto - In: The Pakistan Development Review 45 (2006) 2, pp. 281-301

Will small farm viability decline with the reduction of average farm size in Pakistan? This paper addresses the …

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Total Factor Productivity Growth in Pakistan’s Agriculture: 1960–1996

Ali, Shujat - In: The Pakistan Development Review 43 (2004) 4, pp. 493-513

studies measuring total factor productivity growth in Pakistan’s agriculture. The most frequently applied techniques for … performance of the agriculture sector in Pakistan for over 36 years. The chief source of growth in TFP has been the technological … of Pakistan’s agriculture requires a strengthening and deepening of the agricultural markets and enhanced funding for the …

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Willingness to Pay for Primary Education in Rural Pakistan

Saqib, Najam us - In: The Pakistan Development Review 43 (2004) 1, pp. 27-51

Highly subsidised public schools are the principal provider of education in the rural areas of Pakistan. Steady growth … feasibility and consequences of introducing user fees in primary schools in rural Pakistan, particularly with reference to above … running a school. Hence the need to search for other sources of financing primary education in rural Pakistan. …

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The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in a Comparative Perspective: the Case of Pakistan

Lolyd, Cynthia B. - In: The Pakistan Development Review 43 (2004) 4, pp. 441-467

The paper compares and contrasts the situation of young people in Pakistan with broader global trends drawing on data … Developing Countries, and from the national survey of adolescents and youth in Pakistan AYP) 18 months earlier [Sathar, et al …. (2003)]. The paper begins with some demographic background, and a discussion of how recent trends in schooling in Pakistan …

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The State of Pakistan’s Dairy Sector: An Assessment

Burki, Abid A.; Khan, Mushtaq A.; Bari, Faisal - In: The Pakistan Development Review 43 (2004) 2, pp. 149-174

While there is a plethora of research documenting a multitude of dimensions of the crop sector of Pakistan, the virtual … objective assessment of the state of Pakistan’s dairy and to point out areas of further research. The paper analyses some core …

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