Research

Working papers

• What Do Others Think? Norm Beliefs and Women’s Work in Pakistan  (Latest draft) (Op-ed ) 

with Hira Kaleem; Anri Sakakibara; and Abu Siddique

Paper under review

• Female community-driven development and empowerment: An RCT in Pakistan. (Latest draft)  

with Landmann,  A; Karim, M; and Khan, F. A. Revise & resubmit at the Journal of Development Economics

Publications

• International Standards and Export Performance: Evidence from Pakistani Firms 

Wadho, W. and Chaudhry, A. 

Journal of Development Studies (2026). 

• Measuring process innovation outputs and understanding their implications for firms and workers: Evidence from Pakistan.

Wadho, W. and Chaudhry, A.

Technovation (2024). Vol. 136. (Working paper)

• Ethnic Diversity, Concentration of Political Power, and the Curse of Natural Resources.

Wadho, W. and Hussain, S.

Economia Politica, (2023), Volume 40. ( Final paper Working paper) 

• Innovation Strategies and Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Firm-level Evidence from Pakistani Manufacturers. 

Wadho, W. and Chaudhry, A.

Journal of Asian Economics, (2022), Vol 81. (Final paper Working paper  Media)

• Faultlines in Family SMEs: The U-shape effect of family control on innovativeness and performance. 

Ashraf, N., Wadho, W. and Shahid, S.

M@n@gement (2023). Volume 26, Issue 3. (Open access)

• Unskilled Migration and Human Capital Accumulation of Left Behind Children in the Presence of Parental Absenteeism. 

Hassan, Y, and Wadho, W. 

Lahore Journal of Economics (2020), Volume 25:2. (Open access)

• Young innovative companies and employment creation, evidence from the Pakistani textiles sector. 

Wadho, W. , Goedhuys, M and Chaudhry, A.

World Development, (2019), Volume 117. (Final paper Working paper  Media 1 Media 2 )

• Identifying and Understanding the High Growth Firms in Pakistani Textiles and Apparel sectors. 

Wadho, W. and Chaudhry, A.

Lahore Journal of Economics (2019), Volume 24, Issue 2. (Open access)

• Innovation and Firm Performance in Developing Countries: The case of Pakistani Textiles and Apparel Manufacturers . 

Wadho, W. and Chaudhry, A.

Research Policy (2018), Volume 47, Issue 7. (Final paper Media) 

• Government size and economic growth in an endogenous growth model with rent-seeking. 

Wadho, W. and Ayaz, U.

Economics & Politics (2018), Volume 30, Issue 1.9. (Final paper Working paper) 

• Corruption, Tax Evasion and the role of Wage Incentives with Endogenous Monitoring Technology. 

Wadho, W. 

Economic Inquiry (2016). Volume 54, Issue 1, pp 391-407. (Final paper Working paper)  

• Education, Rent seeking and the Curse of Natural Resources. 

Wadho, W. 

Economics & Politics (2014). Volume 26, Issue 1, pp 128-156. (Final paper Working paper)  

• Control Rights, Bureaucratic Corruption and the Allocation of Resources. 

Wadho, W. 

European Journal of Law and Economics (2013). Volume 35, Issue 1. (Final paper)

Funded Projects with field research

• Shifting Managers’ and Households’ Attitude Toward Women Working in Factories: Role Model Firms and Information Interventions in Pakistan (2025-26). 

with Siddique, A, and Sakakibara, A.

Funded by STEG(£25,000, as a PI)

• Managers’ and Households’ Attitude Toward Women Working in Factories: Role Model Firms and Information Interventions in Pakistan (2024-26). 

with Siddique, A, and Sakakibara, A.

Funded by PEDL MRG (£110,000, as a PI)

• Community Driven Development in Rural Pakistan: Impact evaluation of the SUCCESS program (2017-23). 

Funded by the EU-SUCCESS (€ 454,000 as a Co-PI)

• Innovation and Firm Growth in the Pakistani Textile Sector: Do Young and Innovative Firms Grow Faster? (2018-19). 

with McCartney, M and with Chaudhry, A.

Funded by the GCRF (£‎45,401 as a Co-PI).

• Spatial proximity, knowledge networks and firm performance: The case of Sialkot surgical instrument cluster in Pakistan (2018-19). 

with Haroon, M.

Funded by the Lahore School of Economics ($7,000, as a Co-PI)

• Analyzing the extent and nature of bureaucratic corruption in Pakistan (2018-19). 

with Naseer, S.

Funded by the Lahore School of Economics ($5,000, as a Co-PI).

• Measuring Innovation in the Textiles Sector of Pakistan (2014-15). 

with Chaudhry, A.

Funded by the International Growth Center (£‎20,000, as a PI)