Syeda Shahbano Ijaz

Content by Syeda Shahbano Ijaz

• Project

  Estimating the impacts of affirmative action policies in public service hiring in Pakistan: A regression discontinuity approach

  This project examines the impact of affirmative action in public service hiring in Pakistan. Governments adopt affirmative action policies to help disadvantaged communities achieve development in line with other groups in society. However, these policies are often criticized because of efficiency losses that occur when a merit-based rule for resource allocation is...

  29 May 2015 | Cyrus Samii, Saad Gulzar, Syeda Shahbano Ijaz