Growth, Employment, Exports and Wagner's Law: Evidence from Pakistan's Agriculture Sector (1960-2009)

International Journal of Rural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 27-41

  Zaman, Khalid ^a   Khan, Muhammad Mushtaq ^a   Ahmad, Mehboob ^b   Khilji, Bashir Ahmad ^c  

^a Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

^b BAHRIA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Preston University   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Agriculture; bound testing approach; employment; exports; Pakistan; Wagner's law

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867799677     PISSN: 09730052     EISSN: 09730680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0973005212459825     Document Type: Article

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