Asma Hyder

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  Article: The Dynamics of Moonlighting in Pakistan

  Asma Hyder, Ather Masgood Ahmed
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  ABSTRACT: The study explores the dynamics of moonlighting, demographics, human capital and association of occupations between primary and secondary job. The paper is based on cross-section data Labor Force Survey 2006-07 and limited to male wage workers residing in urban areas. Among two motives according to theoretical framework of moonlighting; first, constraint on hours worked in first job and second is wage rate is lower than the reservation wage in the primary occupation; within limited information available on different variables our results are skewed toward first motive. Backward bending labor supply curve in Pakistani labor market is an interesting finding of the study. The model specification also attempts to correct the endogenous regressor in probit estimation. Among moonlighters ‘Professionals’ and ‘Technicians’ are holding their secondary job in same occupational category; apart from these two occupational categories managers and elementary occupations also seems popular for moonlighting.
  ERN: Urban Markets (Topic). 07/2011;
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  Article: Entrepreneurial Intentions Among Business Students in Pakistan

  Asma Hyder, Abdulla Azhar, Annum Javaid, Mohsin Rehman
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  ABSTRACT: The present exploratory study is based on ‘Entrepreneurial Intention Model’ and has its foundation in ‘Planned Behavioral Theory’. The main focus of the study is on measuring factors affecting Entrepreneurial Intentions among business students in Pakistan. Apart from demographics, study is particularly focused on personal attraction, perceived social norms and perceived social behavior. The paper is based on systematic sampling methodology and targets the business graduates and nascent entrepreneurs. The study will provide useful implications for educational institutions within the field of business and management, and off course for government policy makers.
  ERPN: Attitudes & Emotions (Sub-Topic). 06/2011;
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  Article: Schooling is Associated Not Only with Long-Run Wages, but Also with Wage Risks and Disability Risks: The Pakistani Experience

  Asma Hyder, Jere Behrman
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  ABSTRACT: Many studies document significantly positive associations between schooling attainment and wages in developing countries. But when individuals enter occupations subsequent to completing their schooling, they not only face an expected work-life path of wages, but a number of other occupational characteristics, including wage risks and disability risks, for which there may be compensating wage differentials. This study examines the relations between schooling on one hand and mean wages and these two types of risks on the other hand, based on 77,685 individuals from the wage-earning population as recorded in six Labor Force Surveys of Pakistan. The results suggest that schooling is positively associated with mean total wages and wage rates, but has different associations with these two types of risks: Disability risks decline as schooling increases but wage risks, and even more, wage rate risks increase as schooling increases. The schooling-wage risks relation, but not the schooling-disability risks relation, is consistent with there being compensating differentials.
  Penn Institute for Economic Research (PIER) Working Paper Series. 05/2011;
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  Article: Impact of Training on Earnings: Evidence from Pakistani Industries

  Javied Zainab, Hyder Asma
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  ABSTRACT: Training and skills development play a vital role in individual’s productive capacity and are integral part of Human Resource Development (HRD). This study aims to examine the role of training in determination of wages. By utilizing the cross-sectional data from Labor Force Survey 2005-06, results have shown that training is not significant in the determination of wages, which shows the poor quality of training in the overall economy. Results were obtained by Ordinary Least Square (OLS) technique. However, schooling and other demographic variables have expected signs and magnitudes. The recommendations of the study based on empirical findings are toward technical education and vocational training institutions; they should ideally have to devise their technical education and vocational training exactly according to the requirements of industry. Empirical results also emphasize to improve the quality of training.
  Asian Social Science. 01/2009;
• Article: Growth Diagnostic in Pakistan

  A. Qayyum, Idrees M. Khawaja, Asma Hyder
  European Journal of Scientific Research. 07/2008; 24.