• Impact of Parental Occupation on Career Aspirations Fatimah Shah 

  Fatimah Shah; Zunia Saif Tirmazee (© Lahore School of Economics, 2020-05)

  This paper seeks to identify the relationship between parental occupations and gender-specific career aspirations of undergraduate students. To do this, we conducted surveys with fourth-year undergraduate students in ...
• Home-bias among Female Entrepreneurs: Experimental Evidence on Preferences from Pakistan 

  Farah Said; Mahreen Mahmud; Giovanna d’Adda; Dr Azam Chaudhry (© Lahore School of Economics, 2020-04)

  Enterprises run by women in developing countries are often short-lived and small. Using data from an RCT with aspiring female entrepreneurs in Pakistan, we find that providing loans and training leads to business creation, ...
• Gender Differences in Willingness to Compete 

  Muhammad Ahmed Nazif; Farah Said (© Lahore School of Economics, 2020-03)

  This thesis investigates the gender difference in competitiveness using a sample of undergraduate and graduate students in a private, higher education institution in Pakistan. The study uses standard 'tournament' style ...
• Can Competition Reduce Moral Hazard? A Laboratory Experiment 

  Raja Abdar Rahman; Dr. Farah Said (© Lahore School of Economics, 2020-02)

  Moral hazard aggravates mistrust between principals and agents and leads to economic inefficiency. Although literature has investigated if competition can reduce moral hazard, the evidence is mixed at best. This thesis ...
• Macroeconomic and Spatial Determinants of Remittances: A Cross Country Analysis 

  Gul Noor Ismail (© Lahore School of Economics, 2020-01)

  The volume of official world remittances and the rate of international migration have increased since 1970. Using bilateral remittances data from the top fifteen remittance recipient countries from 2010-2014, this study ...
• The Impact of School Facilities on Drop outs in Pakistan 

  Mahniya Zafar; Farah Said (© Lahore School of Economics, 2019-03)

  Investment in human capital has the potential to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty. Unfortunately, Pakistan’s performance on this front has been poor with 19% of the primary school age children being out of ...
• Corruption, Tax Evasion and Economic Development in Economies With Hierarchial Tax Administrative System 

  Dr. Waqar Wadho; Anum Ellahi (© Lahore School of Economics, 2019-02)

  The paper looks into joint determination of corruption and development where there is hierarchial bureaucratic setup; tier one-bureaucrat and tier two bureaucrats. Corruption happens at two level once when tier one ...
• Political Connections, Allocation of Development Projects, And Voting Pattern in the Faisalabad District 

  Tahreem Zia; Dr. Azam Chaudhry (© Lahore School of Economics, 2019-01)

  Development related funding is critical for the long-term growth of any country, but the allocation of funds between politicians and different areas can vary due to various factors and one important factor is the connections ...
• The Impact of Early Childbearing and Child Health in Punjab 

  Aeman Nadeem; Uzma Afzal (© Lahore School of Economics, 2018-03)
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• Undergraduate Female Students in Lahore: Perceived Constraints to Female Labour Force Participation 

  Hamna Ahmed; Mahreen Mahmud; Farah Said; ZuniaTirmazee (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 20;No.1, 2020)

  A large number of women successfully make it to college; a total of 166,808 women are currently enrolled in government degree and postgraduate colleges in Punjab (Statistical Pocket book, Government of Punjab, 2018)– ...
• Utilization of Health Microinsurance in Punjab: Evidence from Focus Group Discussions 

  Sadia Hussain; Hamna Ahmed; Muhammad Ahmad Nazif (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 19;No.2, 2019)

  This paper examines the social and economic effects of health microinsurance and explores potential channels through which usage can be increased using insights obtained from in-depth focus group discussions (FGD). Our ...
• Utilization of Health Microinsurance in Punjab: Insights from Administrative Data 

  Sadia Hussain; Hamna Ahmed (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 19;No.1, 2019)

  We study dominant trends and potential determinants of use of a health microinsurance program, offered by a leading microfinance institution (MFI) in Punjab, Pakistan. We find that: (1) Women are the most active users ...
• Spousal and Nonspousal Trust and Reciprocity: Evidence from a Field Experiment 

  Marjan Nasir; Shemiah Parshad (© Lahore School of Economics, 2018-11)

  The Centre for Research in Economics and Business (CREB) was established in 2007 to conduct policy-oriented research with a rigorous academic perspective on key development issues facing Pakistan. In addition, CREB (i) ...
• Homophily and Strategic Behavior in Social Interactions: Evidence from a Lab Experiment 

  Zeenat Ansari; Farah Said (© Lahore School of Economics, 2017-12)

  The Centre for Research in Economics and Business (CREB) was established in 2007 to conduct policy-oriented research with a rigorous academic perspective on key development issues facing Pakistan. In addition, CREB (i) ...
• The Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Fasting on Child Health Outcomes 

  Azka Sarosh Mir; Theresa Thompson Chaudhry (© Lahore School of Economics, 2018-03)

  The Centre for Research in Economics and Business (CREB) was established in 2007 to conduct policy-oriented research with a rigorous academic perspective on key development issues facing Pakistan. In addition, CREB (i) ...

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