Dr. Hadia Majid comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Income Inequality, Social Mobility and Female Participation in the Workforce. On this podcast, we discuss what is the middle class in Pakistan, BISP, direct cash transfers, Pink Busses and Economic Prescriptions for Pakistan.

Dr. Hadia Majid is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at LUMS. Her research agenda considers the impact of monetary and public resource constraints on individuals in Pakistan with a special focus on women’s access to decent, empowering work. She has published in international journals and is currently editing a book titled Gender at Work in Pakistan. She has received grants from several agencies including ESRC-DFID, Oxfam, IDRC, IGC, IFPRI among others and has acted as a consultant for numerous government and non-governmental agencies on gendered labor market outcomes. A Fulbright scholar, she has a PhD from The Ohio State University and MSc from University of Warwick.

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction

1:40 What is ‘decent’ work?

3:15 What is the middle class in Pakistan?

6:30 Income Inequality gap and Social Mobility

13:13 Women in the Labour Force, Covid and Tech

20:08 Benazir Income Support Program and Direct Cash Transfers

30:00 Women’s Education in Pakistan

33:00 Issues faced by Women in Workforce Participation and PInk Buses

43:30 Rethinking female participation in the Economy

59:45 Religion and Patriarchy

1:05:00 Education, Employment and Basic Rights

1:10:00 Economic Prescriptions and the Charter of Economy