2012-till-to-date: Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad

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1 Dr. Azad Haider Contact Information COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad Department of Management Sciences Faculty Block-1 ; Current Position 2012-till-to-date: Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad Previous Position : Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan : Economist and Research Fellow (Full-time), Saint Mary s University, Sobey School of Business, Department of Economics, Halifax, NS, Canada Courses Taught Poverty and Income Distribution, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Development Economics, Statistic for Economist, Mathematical Economics, Econometrics PhD Dissertation Employment Growth Nexus (Jobless Growth): A Case Study of Pakistan Supervisors Professor Syed Ather Hussain Akbari (co-advisor Dr Yigit Aydede) Saint Mary s University Canada Research Specialization Labour Economics, Macroeconomics, Poverty and Income Inequality, Productivity and Growth, Financial Economics, Health Economics, Labour Market of Atlantic Canada Job Market Paper: Employment-Growth Nexus (Jobless Growth) in a Developing Country: An Analysis of a Pakistani Data Page 1 of 6

2 Abstract The main purpose of this paper is to assess the employment growth potential of economic growth in Pakistan. This is achieved by specifying an employment demand model and estimating the elasticity of employment with respect to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) using the model over Pakistani data for the period from to The main focus of the analysis is to assess if the economic growth in that country has been jobless over the past three decades. The issue is important for many developing countries where recent changes in the use of capital based foreign technology has resulted in substitution of labour with non-labour inputs such as capital. I develop an employment demand equation in which employment is expressed as a function of output (GDP). The equation is estimated using time series data and estimates the threshold level of economic growth for Pakistan economy. Results indicate that Pakistan economy required a high threshold level of GDP growth to generate the employment opportunities. I identify that in the phase of recovery periods, employment is less responsive to economic growth. A test of stationarity is performed and policy implications of results are also discussed. Presented at: Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting 2009 (applied version), Toronto; Atlantic Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Saint John s, New Brunswick, 2009 (revised version) Education: PhD , Economics, Federal Urdu University, Islamabad, Pakistan Supervisor: Professor Syed Ather Hussain Akbari (co-advisor Dr. Yigit Aydede) from SMU, Canada. M.A. 1997, Economics, The University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan B.A. 1994, Math, Stat, Economics (Major), The University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan Publications Can Sectoral Reallocation Explain the Jobless Growth? Empirical Evidence from Pakistan Pakistan Development Review, Issue (49) Vol: 4, pp , Winter, 2010 Public Spending, Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: A Time Series Analysis for Pakistan ( ), International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue , pp (with Husnain, M. I; M. Khan; I. H Padda; N. Akram) Estimating Pakistan s Time Varying Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment: An Unobserved Component Approach, International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Vol. 1, No. 4, 2011, pp (with Shaheen, F and S.A. Javed ) Page 2 of 6

3 Testing the Harrod Balassa Samuelson Hypothesis: The Case of Pakistan, Pakistan Development Review, Issue (50) Vol:4 Winter, 2011, pp (with S. Jabeen and W.S. Malik) forthcoming Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty Nexus: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan, International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Vol: 2 (3), 2012, pp (with S.A. Javed, S. A. Khan and F. Shaheen) Sectoral Analysis of Employment Demand (Jobless Growth) in Pakistan Online Paper and Proceeding, Atlantic Canadian Economic Association Conference 2010 Submitted for Publications Correlates of Preferences for Home or Health Facility Confinement in Pakistan: Evidence from a National Survey (with S. A. Javed et.al) Submitted in BMC Pregnancy and Child Birth Estimating Potential Output for Pakistan: A Production Function Approach ( to ) (with F. Shaheen et.al) submitted in Annals of Economics and Finance Determinants of Deviation from Inflation Targets in Pakistan: A Vector Autoregressive Approach (with S. Jabeen et.al) submitted in Actual Problems of Economics Public expenditure, taxes and economic development: An empirical analysis for Pakistan (with Husnain et.al) submitted in Journal of Economic Cooperation and Development Papers Completed Employment-Growth Nexus (Jobless Growth) in a Developing Country: An Analysis of a Pakistani Data (with Dr. Akbari) Factors Responsible for Jobless Growth in a Developing Country: An Analysis of Pakistani Data (with Dr. Akbari) An Assessment of Determinants of Poverty in Rural and Urban Pakistan using Demographic and Health Survey Data (with S. A. Javed and M. Iftikhar) Childhood Immunization Uptake in Rural and Urban Pakistan: Mothers Related Differentials: (with S.A. Javed, W. Imran, F. Shaheen) Papers in Progress Real Exchange Rate and Unemployment in Pakistan (with S. A. Javed) Real Exchange Rate Misalignment based on Harrod Balassa Samuelson Hypothesis: The Case of Pakistan (with S. Jabeen and F. Shaheen) Research and Other Scholarly Work In Progress Principle Investigator of Project Can Horizontal Industrial Reallocation Explain the Jobless Recovery in Pakistan: Evidence from Industry Level Data (HEC Funded Project- 0.5 millions) Page 3 of 6

4 Co- author - with Dr Ather Akbari Chapter in a Book for Atlantic Metropolis Centre of Canada Master Thesis (Supervised at QAU) The Nexus of Economic Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Pakistan (Amir Ijaz) Education, Poverty and Development in Pakistan ( ) (Muhammad Ishaque) Exchange Rate and Manufacturing Employment in Pakistan (Sana Malik) The Macroeconomic Determinants of Employment: An Empirical Analysis of Pakistani Data ( Hafsa Sultan) Efficiency Trends in Pakistani Commercial Banks (Haider Ali Raza) Conference Presentations 2012 Presentation, 27th Annual General Meeting and Conference of Pakistan Society of Development Economist, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2011 Presentation, Canadian Economic Association, 45th Annual Conference, Ottawa, Canada 2010 Presentation, 26th Annual General Meeting and Conference of Pakistan Society of Development Economist, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2010 Presentation, Atlantic Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, Cape Breton, NS, Canada 2009 Presentation, Atlantic Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, Saint John s, NB, Canada 2009 Presentation, Canadian Economic Association, 43rd Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada Selected Research Experience and Acknowledgements: Research Assistant for Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) in a Project entitled Socioeconomic and Demographic Profiles of Immigrants in Atlantic Canada: with Ather H. Akbari. Research Assistant in a Project entitled Socioeconomic and Demographic Profiles of Immigrants in Prince Edward Island: with Dr Wimal Rankaduwa for Atlantic Metropolis Centre (AMC). Research Assistant in a project conducted for Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), entitled Socioeconomic Profiles of Immigrants in the Four Atlantic Provinces Phase II: Focus on Vibrant Communities with Dr Ather H. Akbari and Dr Wimal Rankaduwa. Page 4 of 6

5 Acknowledged in a Paper, Ather H. Akbari, Labor Market Performance of Immigrants in Smaller Regions of Western Countries: Some Evidence from Atlantic Canada International Migration and Integration, March Awards and Grants : HEC Pakistan, International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP) Grant for SMU, Canada (app.15,000 US dollars) : HEC Pakistan, PhD Scholarship (app.15,000 US dollars). Selected Professional Experiences : Economist and Economic Policy, Saint Mary s University, Sobey School of Business, Department of Economics, : Research Assistant for Professor Ather Akbari, Federal Urdu University Islamabad, Department of Economics. Selected Academic and Research Activities 2008-July2011: Visiting Research Fellow (Economist and Economic Policy), Saint Mary s University, Halifax NS, Canada, Department of Economics : Research Assistant for Professor Ather Akbari, Saint Mary s University, Department of Economics : Research Assistant for Professor Amir Salah Khalkhali, Saint Mary s University, Department of Economics : Research Assistant for Professor Wimal Rankaduwa, University of Prince Edward Island, Department of Economics. 2010: Research Assistant for Professor Mohammad Rahaman, Saint Mary s University, Department of Finance. 2009: CLRSN (A Workshop in Applied Econometrics) By Guido Imbens (Harvard University) and Jeffrey Wooldridge (Michigan State University) at Ryerson University Toronto Canada. 2008: A Course Organized by UNDP, Gender Main Streaming Analysis, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Islamabad Pakistan. Affiliations Royal Economics Society (RES) UK Page 5 of 6

6 Canadian Economics Association (CEA) Pakistan Society of Development Economist (PSDE) Atlantic Canadian Economics Association (ACEA) Computer Skills EViews, Stata, SPSS, B20-20 (this software especially used for Statscan, Canada Census data) and Microsoft Office. Languages References English, Urdu, Punjabi. Professor Ather Akbari, Department of Economics, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary s University, Halifax, NS, Canada: ather.akbari@smu.ca Professor Wimal Rankaduwa, Department of Economics, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada: wrankaduwa@upei.ca Professor Amir Salah Khalkhali, Department of Economics, Saint Mary s University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: sal.amirkhalkhali@smu.ca Dr. Yigit Aydede, Department of Economics, Saint Mary s University Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada: Yigit.aydede@smu.ca Prof. Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi, Distinguish Prof of Pakistan, (School Of Economics Sciences) FUUAST Islamabad, Pakistan. nawabnaqvi1@gmail.com Page 6 of 6