This study examines the dynamic effects of the oil price (OP) shocks on the key macroeconomic variables of Pakistan. A structural vector autoregressive model is used on yearly data from 1960 to 2014. The impulse response functions indicate that the OP shocks depress the real gross domestic...

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens lives and livelihoods, and, with that, has created immediate challenges for institutions that serve affected communities. We focus on implications for local microfinance institutions in Pakistan, a country with a mature microfinance sector, serving a large number...

Analysis of the causes of higher educated unemployment in Pakistan. Presentation of method of analysis; findings about the magnitude and incidence of educated unemployment drawn from the Population Census; approach of the unemployed to the job market; analysis of data on the waiting period for...

This paper explores the role of private educational institutions for workers in receiving higher wages. For this purpose the Pakistan Integrated Household Survey data 1995-96 is used. (...) It not only compares the earnings of private school attendees with public school attendees but also...