Social Impact of Privatization | A Case Study of Employment and Output in Pakistan

Iram Khan

ISBN 10: 3639284372 / ISBN 13: 9783639284379

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010

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Social Impact of Privatization | A Case Study of Employment and Output in Pakistan | Iram Khan | Taschenbuch | Englisch | VDM Verlag Dr. Müller | EAN 9783639284379 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social Impact of Privatization | A Case Study of Employment and Output in Pakistan
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639284372
• ISBN 13: 9783639284379
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
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Synopsis

The book assesses the Social impact of privatization. It uses employment and output in Pakistan's edible oil and cement sectors as a case study. Research is both a policy and empirical analysis. Extensive review of literature covers developed, less developed and transitional economies, sets the stage for policy analysis, and helps in assessing the policy implications of adopting privatization. At the empirical level, the study uses a firm-level data set compiled separately for managers' and workers' employment and wages, as well as for output. By adopting a simple to complex strategy, first general trends from the data are presented which are later tested with the help of static and dynamic panel regression analysis.The results show a negative and statistically significant impact of privatization for total and workers' employment. It is positive, though statistically insignificant, for managers' employment and output. The impact of macroeconomic policies, reflected through the structural adjustment programme dummy variable, is negative for all regressions except for managers' employment.

About the Author

Dr. Khan teaches in Department of Management Sciences, Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad. He has over twenty years of experience in the public sector. He has done MA and PhD from University of Manchester and post-doc from University of Florida. His research interests are in public policy and public sector management.