Research

Publications

Some Recent Publications of the Innovation & Technology Centre (ITC):

Publications (2015-2019)

Theresa Chaudhry & Maha Khan (2020). "Effects of birth order and son preference on utilization of pre- and post-natal health inputs in Punjab,”Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 70(2).

Theresa Chaudhry, Mushfiq Mobarak, Julia Brown, Tatyana Zelenska, M. Nizam Khan, Shamyla Chaudry, Rana Abdul Wajid, and Alan Bittles (2019). “Estimating the Health and Socioeconomic Effects of Cousin Marriage in South Asia,” with, Journal of Biosocial Science, 51(3).

Wadho, W., Goedhuys, M., & Chaudhry, A. (2019). Young innovative companies and employment creation, evidence from the Pakistani textiles sector. World Development, 117, 139-152.

Publications (2015-18)

Azam Chaudhry & Waqar Wadho. (2016). "Innovation in the Textiles Sector: A Firm-Level Analysis of Technological and Nontechnological Innovation," Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 21, SE.

Azam Chaudhry, David Atkin, Shamyla Chaudry, Amit K. Khandelwal and Eric Verhoogen. (2017). "Organizational Barriers to Technoogy Adoption: Evidence from Soccer-Ball Producers in Pakistan", Quarterly Journal of Economics, 132(3), 1101-1164.

Azam Chaudhry, David Atkin, Shamyla Chaudry, Amit K. Khandelwal and Eric Verhoogen. (2016). "On the Origins and Development of Pakistan's Soccer-Ball Cluster," World Bank Economic Review, 30 (S1), S34-S41.

Azam Chaudhry, David Atkin, Shamyla Chaudry, Amit K. Khandelwal and Eric Verhoogen. (2015). "Markup and Cost Dispersion across Firms: Direct Evidence from Producer Surveys in Pakistan", American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings.

Azam Chaudhry, Rocco MacChiavello, Theresa Chaudhry and Chris Woodruff (2016) "Understanding Productivity in the Pakistani Garment Sector," report for the International Growth Centre, UK.

Azam Chaudhry, Theresa Chaudhry and Nida Jamil. (2017). "Pakistan's Experience with the Pak-China Free Trade Agreement: Lessons for CPEC," Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 22, SE.

Azam Chaudhry. (2016). "A Panel Data Analysis of Electricity Demand in the Pakistani Industrial Sector," Energy Sources Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy.

Mahvish Faran & Azam Chaudhry, 2016. "Innovation and Technological Upgrading in Lahore: Results From the LCCI Business Confidence Survey 2016," Lahore Journal of Economics, vol. 21(Special E), September.

Saba Firdousi, 2016. "Technology in the Sialkot Gloves Manufacturing Sector," Lahore Journal of Economics, vol. 21(Special E), September.

Tariq Raza, 2016. "Measuring Technology Differences Across Football Manufacturers in Sialkot,"Lahore Journal of Economics, vol. 21(Special E), September.

Theresa Chaudhry & Mahvish Faran. (2015). "Organization, Management, and Wage Practices in Pakistan's Electrical Fan and Ready-Made Garment Sectors", Lahore Journal of Economics, Special Edition.

Theresa Chaudhry & Mahvish Faran. (2016). "Same Jeans Same Stitch? A Comparison of Denim Production across Three Factories in Punjab, Pakistan", Lahore Journal of Economics, Special Edition.

Theresa Chaudhry, Muhammad Haseeb and Maryiam Haroon (2017) "Economic Geography and Misallocation in Pakistan's Manufacturing Hub, The Annals of Regional Science, 59(1).

Waqar Wadho and Azam Chaudhry (forthcoming) "Innovation and firm performance in developing countries: The case of Pakistani textile and apparel manufacturers," Research Policy.

Pre-2015 Publications

Azam Chaudhry & Gul Andaman. (2014). "The Need for a Coordinated Industrial Strategy to Boost Pakistani Exports: Lessons from Asia", Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 19, SE.

Azam Chaudhry, (2010). "A Panel Data Analysis of Electricity Demand in Pakistan," Lahore Journal of Economics, vol. 15(Special E), September.

Azam Chaudhry, (2009). "Total Factor Productivity Growth in Pakistan: An Analysis of the Agricultural and Manufacturing Sectors," Lahore Journal of Economics, vol. 14(Special E), September.

Azam Chaudhry, Marjan Nasir & Maryiam Haroon, (2012) "The Birth of Exporters: Entry and Scale of Firms in Punjab's Export Sectors," Lahore Journal of Economics, vol. 17(Special E), September.

Theresa Chaudhry & Muhammad Haseeb. (2014). "Exporters in Pakistan and Firms Who Do Not Export: What's the Big Difference", Lahore Journal of Economics, Special Edition.

Theresa Chaudhry (2005) "Industrial Clusters in Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature," Lahore Journal of Economics, 10 (2), Winter.

Theresa Chaudhry (2009) "Microeconomic Flexibility in India and Pakistan: Employment Adjustment at the Firm Level," Lahore Journal of Economics, SE, September.

Theresa Chaudhry (2010) "Relational Contracting in Pakistan's Surgical Instrument Cluster: An Empirical Study," Pakistan Development Review, 49(3): Autumn.

Theresa Chaudhry (2011) "Contracting and Efficiency in the Surgical Goods Cluster of Sialkot, Pakistan," South Asia Economic Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, March.

Theresa Chaudhry (2011) "Prospects for Cooperative Marketing among Surgical Instrument Producers in Pakistan," Lahore Journal of Economics, 16(1).

Theresa Chaudhry and Chris Woodruff (2013) "Incentives and Productivity: Work Groups vs. Production Lines," report for the International Growth Centre, UK.

Theresa Chaudhry, (2013) "Los Clusters y el Uso de Marcas Colectivas en Censorcios de Exportaction," (English title: Collective Branding by Clusters through Export Consortia) Trimestre Economico, 50(1): Jan- March.

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