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Human Capital Convergence Evidence from the Punjab

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dc.contributor.author Uzma Afzal
dc.date.accessioned 2014-08-18T10:21:18Z
dc.date.available 2014-08-18T10:21:18Z
dc.date.issued 2012-06
dc.identifier.citation The Lahore School of Economics, Vol. 17, No. 1 en_US
dc.identifier.issn ISSN 1811-5446
dc.identifier.uri http://121.52.153.179/Volume.html
dc.description PP,45–61.ill en_US
dc.description.abstract While the literature on economic growth provides mixed evidence on convergence across different countries and regions, a large number of studies point toward the widening income gap between rich and poor. In the development literature, a broader range of national welfare indicators beyond income per capita—health and education in particular—are considered important instruments for measuring progress in human development. This article examines education and other selective welfare indicators to determine if there has been unconditional and conditional convergence across the districts of Pakistani Punjab over the period 1961–2008. The study can be considered part of the growing literature that looks at growth theory in developing countries in the context of human capital. Thus far, few studies have examined human capital in the context of convergence, and Pakistan has not been studied in any depth up to now. The results of our empirical analysis show that over the last five decades, both unconditional and conditional convergence has taken place in literacy rates across Punjab, and that this has been accompanied by increased gender parity in educational enrolment levels and improved housing conditions. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher © The Lahore School of Economics en_US
dc.subject Human capital en_US
dc.title Human Capital Convergence Evidence from the Punjab en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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