Applying fresh tools from economics to explain puzzling behaviors of religious radicals:
Muslim, Christian, and Jewish; violent and benign. How do radical religious sects run such …

Given that the war on terror is currently being fought the way crime typically is—after the fact—
this country cannot protect its citizens from future terrorist events solely in this way. Instead …

We compare default rates on conventional and Islamic loans using a comprehensive
monthly dataset from Pakistan that follows more than 150,000 loans over the period 2006 …

Using data from Pakistan, we show that existing methods produce unbiased and reliable
estimates of teacher value added (TVA) despite significant differences in context. Although …

Pakistan is severely offtrack in its progress toward the Millennium Development Goals
relating to education for all. Its educational performance is poor, both in absolute terms and …

Using a two-tiered framework areas applied to eight case studies from around the globe, the
authors of this ground-breaking work seek to understand the conditions that give rise to …

We investigate the determinants of students' university choice in Pakistan, with a focus on
monetary returns, nonpecuniary factors enjoyed at school, and financial constraints. To …

2 the fourth grade. Yet I heard the same sentiment, expressed repeatedly and in virtually
identical language, the following year when I was collecting survey data from illiterate …

When debating Islam and its political role in South Asia and especially in Pakistan, the role
of the religious schools (in Arabic: madrasa, plural madaris= place of learning) is often …

This paper uses a unique dataset of both public and private sector primary school teachers
and their students to present among the first estimates in a low-income country of (a) teacher …