Economicshttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/61212026-04-11T13:43:22Z2026-04-11T13:43:22ZUSING THE FIRST AND SECOND WELFARE THEOREMS TO ANALYSE POVERTY IN PAKISTANAMNA NOOR FATIMAhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/204132026-02-02T07:27:07Z2026-01-01T00:00:00ZUSING THE FIRST AND SECOND WELFARE THEOREMS TO ANALYSE POVERTY IN PAKISTAN
AMNA NOOR FATIMA
This thesis proposes an alternative conceptual framework for poverty eradication in a developing country like
Pakistan to complement the existing and laudable Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), which does
not explicitly mean-test recipients for caloric poverty nor directly address the underlying causal mechanisms
that generate poverty.
PP. 115; ill
2026-01-01T00:00:00ZEARLY LIFE EXPOSURE TO CROP BURNING AND ITS IMPACT ON CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMESSarah Asif Khanhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/203662026-01-21T07:22:04Z2025-01-01T00:00:00ZEARLY LIFE EXPOSURE TO CROP BURNING AND ITS IMPACT ON CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES
Sarah Asif Khan
In-utero and early life shocks have lasting impacts on a plethora of outcomes such as health, human capital, cognition and education. In the recent past, seasonal crop burning after harvest has been causing severe degradation of air quality and has led to worsening of health in those areas. Motivated by these 2 strands of literature our research question is that does in-utero and postnatal exposure to air pollution impact health outcomes of children after birth? And do these impacts vary with gender of child and wealth of households?
PP. 79; ill
2025-01-01T00:00:00ZFAMILY FIRMS PRE- AND POST-COVID: PRIVATE BENEFITS AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGEMehrunisa Saleemhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/203652026-01-21T07:15:00Z2025-01-01T00:00:00ZFAMILY FIRMS PRE- AND POST-COVID: PRIVATE BENEFITS AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Mehrunisa Saleem
Family firms largely dominate the corporate landscape in Pakistan. This study investigates the factors driving family control, testing two main theories: competitive advantage and private benefits. The competitive advantage theory suggests that all shareholders benefit from family control, while the private benefits theory implies that family shareholders extract profits at the expense of external investors. Drawing from Villalonga and Amit (2010), this paper empirically examines these theories in the context of Pakistan, both before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
PP. 61; ill
2025-01-01T00:00:00ZEARLY LIFE EXPOSURE TO CROP BURNING AND ITS IMPACT ON CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMESSarah Asif Khanhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/186602025-07-11T06:47:21Z2025-01-01T00:00:00ZEARLY LIFE EXPOSURE TO CROP BURNING AND ITS IMPACT ON CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES
Sarah Asif Khan
In-utero and early life shocks have lasting impacts on a plethora of outcomes such as health, human capital, cognition and education. In the recent past, seasonal crop burning after harvest has been causing severe degradation of air quality and has led to worsening of health in those areas. Motivated by these 2 strands of literature our research question is that does in-utero and postnatal exposure to air pollution impact health outcomes of children after birth? And do these impacts vary with gender of child and wealth of households?
We test this using pooled cross-sectional data from Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) for the years 2011, 2014 and 2017 for Punjab. The primary health outcomes of interest are height for age, weight for age and incidence of cough and diarrhea. We find no significant impact of exposure to crop burning on child health outcomes for the aggregate sample. Better health infrastructure and higher proportion of wealthier population compensates for negative effects of exposure to crop burning in rice hubs. Further analysis reveals lowest wealth quintile households and female children to be most affected and vulnerable to exposure from these crop burning practices.
PP. 79 ill;
2025-01-01T00:00:00Z