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Inter-industry Differentials in Wages and Earnings in Pakistan's Manufacturing Sector

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  • STBPHEN E. GUISINGER

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics)

  • MOHAMMAD IRFAN

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics)

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Research on wage policy issues is a relatively uncommon commodity in Pakistan. The absence of studies of the structure of wages and their trend over time is disturbing in view of the far-reaching effects which the structure of wages has on some of Pakistan's most pressing development problems-the underutilization of its human resources, the distribution of income and the flow of migrants from rural to urban areas. Policies designed to cope with these problems will in most cases operate through changes in the levels of wages in various branches of the economy. The lack of information on the structure of wages is a rather obvious and substantial barrier to the formulation of appropriate development policies. Reasons for this neglect are not hard to find: reliable and pertinent data are rare, a condition not unrelated to the fact that the structure of wages lends itself to few simple generalizations.

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  • Stbphen E. Guisinger & Mohammad Irfan, 1975. "Inter-industry Differentials in Wages and Earnings in Pakistan's Manufacturing Sector," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 14(3), pages 274-295.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:14:y:1975:i:3:p:274-295
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    1. Muhammad Irfan, 2010. "A Review of the Labour Market Research at PIDE 1957-2009," PIDE Books, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, number 2010:1 edited by Rashid Amjad & Aurangzeb A. Hashmi, December.
    2. Mohammad Irfan, 1979. "Effect of Unionization, Product Market Concentration and Foreign Trade on Inter-Industry Wage Structure," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 18(1), pages 35-53.
    3. Muhammad Zubair Khan, 1979. "Estimation of Shadow Prices for Project Evaluation in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 18(2), pages 129-145.

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