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Provisional Estimates of Length of Working life in Pakistan

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  • LEE L. BEAN

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Karachi.)

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Life table techniques have been used fairly widely to determine the working life of the labour force or work-life expectancy [6; 7; 8; 18; 23]. The length of working life in developing countries, however, is often unknown or estimates are based upon very rigid assumptions which are not realistic given the conditions of labour in such countries. For example, Mortara's international comparisons are based upon the assumption that the activity ages are always 1:5 to 60 years only {6] .. Such an assumption leads to a low estimate of work-life expectancy in countries such as Pakistan where the lower age of large scale labour force participation is, at a minimum, age 10 as officially defined in the labour force statistics and where individuals apparently maintain some connection with the labour force during latter years of life.

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  • Lee L. Bean, 1967. "Provisional Estimates of Length of Working life in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 7(2), pages 247-259.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:7:y:1967:i:2:p:247-259
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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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