This paper examines two important aspects of the firms, firstly, it identifies the factors responsible for firm-level corruption, and secondly it investigates the impact of corruption on firm performance in 147 economies using the data set of World Bank's Enterprise Survey. Two indicators, that...

The study analyzed the effectiveness of exchange rate on macroeconomic variables of Pakistan. The precise objective of the study is to examine the causality between exchange rate, trade, inflation, FDI and GDP through a series of models. On the annual time series data for the years 1980-2009...

This paper investigates the human capital and economic growth nexus in the presence of corruption for a disaggregated sample of developed and developing economies, and East, West, and South Asia. For the purpose, Dynamic Panel Data (DPD) and the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) are employed....

This paper estimates gender differences in children's time allocation among four ordered options. It analyses the sample of boys and girls separately through a series of probit models using primary data. We compare the socio-economic determinants of boys' and girls' activities. The result...

Using primary data from two districts of Pakistan, this article analyses the supply-side determinants of child labour. The study finds that the birth-order of the child has a significant association with schooling and labour decision of child: first school enrolment of children is delayed; there...

It is generally argued that open trade is crucial for economic growth and development. The economic literature also argues that growth is an important option for reducing poverty in developing countries. The paper analyzed the causality between the trade, growth and poverty for Pakistan using...

The paper analyses the contribution of informally employed women (for the age group of 16-60 years) to their household budget. The urban informal sector largely absorbs women works. We examine the determinants of their contribution to their household budgets for the survival of the families....