This paper investigates the impact of rare-event experiences and observations on risk taking. Matching detailed individual, household, and community-level surveys with behavioral games data, we explore the mechanisms ...

Female labor force participation in Pakistan is among the lowest in the world. While female participation in enterprise is particularly low in Pakistan, it is nearly always less than that of men around the world, implying ...

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, ...

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 ...

The study explores the spatial patterns of poverty in Pakistan through two dimensions: asset accumulation and basic needs. For this purpose Pakistan Standard of Living Measurement 08-09 is employed to construct an Asset ...

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)– ...