In the Same Boat, but not Equals: The Heterogeneous Effects of Indirect Taxation on Child Health in Punjab-Pakistan

Rehman Faiz Ur () and Nasir Muhammad ()
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Rehman Faiz Ur: School of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Nasir Muhammad: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan

Asian Journal of Law and Economics, 2020, vol. 11, issue 3, 26

Abstract: The 2011 National Nutrition Survey of Pakistan revealed that 51% of the country’s population was consuming less than 2,100 calories a day. In the backdrop of rising food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition in Pakistan, this study aims to measure the effects of indirect taxation on health outcomes of children (

Keywords: health; public policy; taxes; tax incidence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H2 I12 I22 J18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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