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Underemployment in Pakistan

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  • WARREN C. ROBINSON

    (PenrtsylvaniaState Universit)

  • NASREEN ABBASI

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan)

Abstract

The paper measures the degree of underemployment in Pakistan through direct and indirect approaches. In the direct approach, persons working for less than 35 hours per week are classified as underemployed. The indirect approach uses estimates of productivity per worker to determine underemployment in different sectors. The study concludes that underemployment in Pakistan is small and is largely concentrated in family-organized production units in agriculture, trade and services.

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  • Warren C. Robinson & Nasreen Abbasi, 1979. "Underemployment in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 18(4), pages 313-331.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:18:y:1979:i:4:p:313-331
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    1. M. Afzal Beg, 1973. "A Review of Labour Force Participation Rates in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 12(4), pages 393-406.
    2. Robinson, Warren C, 1971. "The Economics of Work Sharing in Peasant Agriculture," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 20(1), pages 131-141, October.
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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.

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