Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the causal links between, foreign direct investment (FDI), openness through trade, poverty, value added of agriculture sector as share of GDP, urban population and child labor by using annual data for Pakistan over the period 1970-2003....

Purpose – Several studies have provided empirical evidence that female labor force participation rate exhibits a U-shape during the process of economic development. The purpose of this paper is to explore the existence of U-shape relationship in the case of Pakistan and if it does exist, what...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how many rural women have access to finance. It also explores the additional constraint faced by them in accessing the credit. Design/methodology/approach – For the estimation purpose, multivariate logit regression is used, taking...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent and the effect of socio-economic and demographic factors that lead to the phenomenon of child labor in the fishing sector of Balochistan (province of Pakistan). Design/methodology/approach – In order to explore the objectives, the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the causal links between, foreign direct investment (FDI), openness through trade, poverty, value added of agriculture sector as share of GDP, urban population and child labor by using annual data for Pakistan over the period 1970‐2003....

Purpose – Several studies have provided empirical evidence that female labor force participation rate exhibits a U‐shape during the process of economic development. The purpose of this paper is to explore the existence of U‐shape relationship in the case of Pakistan and if it does exist,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how many rural women have access to finance. It also explores the additional constraint faced by them in accessing the credit. Design/methodology/approach – For the estimation purpose, multivariate logit regression is used, taking...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent and the effect of socio‐economic and demographic factors that lead to the phenomenon of child labor in the fishing sector of Balochistan (province of Pakistan). Design/methodology/approach – In order to explore the objectives,...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of globalization and credit market imperfections on child labour. Design/methodology/approach Analysis is based on cross-country regression framework, incorporating 129 developing countries for the period 1970-2010. Findings The findings...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between financial development and agriculture growth employing Cobb-Douglas function by incorporating financial development as an important factor of production over the period 1971-2011. Design/methodology/approach – The...