In cities with conservative norms or high crime, female workers may face greater restrictions
on their physical mobility. This limits women's labor market opportunities and the pool of …

We assess the reliability and validity of cognitive and socioemotional skills measures and
investigate the correlation between schooling, skills acquisition, and labor earnings. Our …

This article presents a critical feminist political economy of women's entrepreneurship
promotion in Pakistan. Women's entrepreneurship is the new development mantra that has …

Female participation rates in Pakistan's labor force are well below regional averages despite
approximately 9 percent growth in the past three decades. To probe the underlying causes …

Pakistan has gender parity in tertiary enrollment, yet the labor force participation rate of
female graduates is one-third that of male graduates. We conducted a randomized …

The unprecedented growth in access to mobile phones and smartphones has opened up
new possibilities in the way people live and work. However, women in developing countries …

In 2004, the government of Punjab, Pakistan introduced a conditional cash assistance
program for girls attending secondary schools. We exploit variations in exposure to the …

Probing into the complexities of the antecedents and the significance of any meaningful
behavior needs an in-depth understanding of the intentions towards that behavior (Ajzen …

Education and migration are two strategies widely believed to improve living standards for
populations living in rural areas. A vast literature demonstrates that educated rural …

This research addresses the gap in the existing literature with regard to female interns'
experiences in Pakistan's male-dominated business sector. Keeping gender role theory and …