Working Papers
The CREB Working Paper Series was started in 2008 to bring to a wider audience to the research being done at the Centre. The studies eligible for working papers comprise of rigorous analytical and empirical research. These include:
Measuring Mother’s Empowerment through Culture of Son Preference in Pakistan (Aimal Tanvir and Rabia Arif), CREB Working Paper No.01-22
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Determining the Extent of Gender Discrimination in Education Sector: A case of Pakistan (Rabia Arif and Maham Khalid), CREB Working Paper No.04-21
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Impact of Temporary External Migration & Remittances on Child Health Outcomes in Punjab, Pakistan (Mydda Aslam and Rabia Arif), CREB Working Paper No.03-21
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Breaking Intergenerational Violence: The Role of Government Policy (Hijab Waheed and Hamna Ahmed), CREB Working Paper No.02-21
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The Role of Non-Cognitive Skills in Improving Academic Performance: Evidence from a field experiment in Pakistan (Maryiam Haroon, Farah Said and Mahniya Zafar), CREB Working Paper No.01-21
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Impact of Parental Occupation on Career Aspirations (Fatima Shah and Zunia Saif Tirmazee), CREB Working Paper No.05-20
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Home-bias among Female Entrepreneurs: Experimental Evidence on Preferences from Pakistan (Farah Said,Mahreen Mahmud,Giovanna d’Adda and Azam Chaudhry), CREB Working Paper No. 04-20
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Gender Differences in Willingness to Compete (Muhammad Ahmed Nazif and Farah Said), CREB Working Paper No. 03-20
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Can Competition Reduce Moral Hazard? A Laboratory Experiment (Raja Abdar Rahman and Farah Said), CREB Working Paper No. 02-20
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Macroeconomic and Spatial Determinants of Remittances: A Cross Country Analysis (Gul Noor Ismail), CREB Working Paper No. 01-20
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The Impact of School Facilities on Drop outs in Pakistan (Mahniya Zafar and Farah Said), CREB Working Paper No. 03-19
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Corruption, Tax Evasion and Economic Development in Economies With Hierarchial Tax Administrative System (Anum Ellahi and Waqar Wadho), CREB Working Paper No. 02-19
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Political Connections, Allocation of Development Projects And Voting Pattern in the Faisalabad District (Tahreem Zia and Azam Chaudhry), CREB Working Paper No. 01-19
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The Impact of Early Childbearing and Child Health in Punjab (Aeman Nadeem and Uzma Afzal), CREB Working Paper No. 03-18
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The impact of Prenatal Exposure to Fasting on Child Health Outcomes (Azka Sarosh Mir and Theresa Thompson Chaudhry), CREB Working Paper No. 01-18
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Homophily and Strategic Behavior in Social Interactions: Evidence from a Lab Experiment (Zeenat Ansari and Farah Said), CREB Working Paper No. 02-17
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The Theory of the Natural Resource Curse: A Political Economy View (Sadia Hussain and Waqar Wadho), CREB Working Paper No. 01-17
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Connections and Elections in Lahore: How Network Centrality Affects Electoral Politics in Pakistan (Mahnoor Asif and Azam Chaudhry), CREB Working Paper No. 03-16
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Relative Wage Variation and Industry Location within Districts of Punjab (Zunia Saif Tirmazee), CREB Working Paper No. 02-16
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Education, Health Knowledge, and Maternal Health in Pakistan (Shandana Dar and Uzma Afzal), CREB Working Paper No. 01-16
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The Impact of Remittances and Parental Absence on Children’s Well Being in Rural Punjab (Nida Jamil), CREB Working Paper No. 03-15
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Natural Disasters and Social Capital: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Pakistan (Uzma Afzal, Ginger Turner and Farah Said), CREB Working Paper No. 02-15
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Caste, Social Exclusion, and Opportunities for Education in Rural Punjab (Tayyaba Tamim, Marriam Musa, Hana Tariq and Shahzeb Rathore), CREB Working Paper No. 01-15
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Education, Employment, and Women’s Say in Household Decision-Making in Pakistan (Duryab Fatima), CREB Working Paper No. 04-14
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The Impact of Parents’ Subjective Aspirations on Schooling Investment in Rural Punjab (Anam Ashraf ), CREB Working Paper No. 03-14
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Attitudes Towards Risk in the Wake of a Rare Event: Evidence from Pakistan (Farah Said, Uzma Afzal and Ginger Turner), CREB Working Paper No. 02-14
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Resource Misallocation and Aggregate Productivity in Punjab (Muhammad Haseeb and Theresa Thompson Chaudhry ), CREB Working Paper No. 01-14
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Labor Pooling as a Determinant of Industrial Agglomeration (Najm uz Zehra Gardezi ), CREB Working Paper No. 04-13
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The effects of Agglomeration on the Formation and Scale of Operation of New Firms (Maryiam Haroon), CREB Working Paper No. 03-13
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Agglomeration and Firm Turnover (Marjan Nasir), CREB Working Paper No. 02-13
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Determinants of School Choice: Evidence from Rural Punjab, Pakistan (Hamna Ahmed, Sahar Amjad, Masooma Habib and Syed Ahsan Shah), CREB Working Paper No. 01-13
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The Effects of External Migration on Enrolments, Accumulated Schooling, and Dropouts in Punjab (Rabia Arif and Azam Chaudhry), CREB Working Paper No. 03-12
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The determinants of Child Health and Nutritional Status in Punjab: An Economic Analysis (Uzma Afzal), CREB Working Paper No. 02-12
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Investigating the Proposed Changes to Pakistan’s Corporate Bankruptcy Code (Ali Hasanain and Syed Ahsan Ahmad Shah), CREB Working Paper No. 01-12
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Cross Country Growth Spillovers:Seperating the Impact of Cultural Distance from Geographical Distance (Azam Chaudhry and Rabia Ikram), CREB Working Paper No. 02-11
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The Determinants of Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan: An Instrumental Variable Approach (Mehak Ejaz), CREB Working Paper No. 01-11
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