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The Impact of the Judiciary on Entrepreneurship: Evaluation of Pakistan's Access to Justice Programme

Matthieu Chemin (matthieu.chemin@mcgill.ca)

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Abstract: A key element of government is to uphold law and order. This paper will evaluate the impact of slow judiciaries on entrepreneurship. In 2002 a judicial reform was implemented in 6 of Pakistan's 117 districts to facilitate rapid case disposal. Drawing on a panel dataset of 875 district judges' performance between 2001 and 2003, a difference-in-differences analysis shows that judges disposed of 25 percent more cases thanks to the reform. Three rounds of the Labour Force Surveys will be then used to show that the reform improved security of property rights, encouraged people to seek loans, fostered entrepreneurship and was associated with increased transition from unemployment and paid employment to entrepreneurship.

Keywords: Legal System; Entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 H41 K42 L26 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cwa, nep-dev, nep-ent, nep-law and nep-reg
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