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Browsing CREB Working Paper Series by Author "Uzma Afzal"

Browsing CREB Working Paper Series by Author "Uzma Afzal"

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  • Attitudes Towards Risk in the Wake of a Rare Event 
    Farah Said; Uzma Afzal; Ginger Turner (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014)
    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 ...
  • The determinants of Child Health and Nutritional Status in Punjab: An Economic Analysis 
    Uzma Afzal (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012)
    Child health is considered a key indicator of economic development and the quality of life in developing countries. It is also closely related to other development indicators such as adult health, educational attainment, ...
  • Education, Health Knowledge, and Maternal Health in Pakistan 
    Shandana Dar; Uzma Afzal (© Lahore School of Economics, 2016-01)
    The use of maternal health services is a complex behavioral phenomenon related to social and cultural structures, household factors, and women’s personal characteristics, such as education and health knowledge. Yet the ...
  • The Impact of Early Childbearing and Child Health in Punjab 
    Aeman Nadeem; Uzma Afzal (© Lahore School of Economics, 2018-03)
    Early Childbearing is a major social and public health concern. Empirical studies have focused on both the consequences and causes of early childbearing. Much of the empirical work has focused on the impact of early ...
  • Natural Disasters and Social Capital: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Pakistan 
    Uzma Afzal; Ginger Turner; Farah Said (© Lahore School of Economics, 2015)
    Apart from the economic and structural losses associated with a natural disaster, the communities it affects also undergo a loss in social capital, which can affect perceptions, levels of trust, and social cohesion. ...

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