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- Title
DETERMINANTS OF LOCKDOWN BEARING CAPACITY: A Micro-Level Analysis of Pakistan.
- Authors
ALI, Syed Ammad; SIDDIQUI, Aamir Hussain; JAVED, Sohail
- Abstract
This study aims to find the determinants of a successful lockdown policy by the government to save the nation from the pandemic COVID-19. The study is an attempt to develop a Lockdown Readiness Index and measures the capacity of the Pakistani nation to bear the lockdown situation. This Readiness Index finds that countrywide, only 11 per cent of households are fully ready to live under a complete lockdown; however, with the exclusion of telephone and internet facilities, the readiness of tolerance for the lockdown rises to 21 per cent. While taking into account the likelihood of a partial shutdown and including any four of the six important facilities, the percentage increases to 26 per cent. The study further develops an econometric model by taking various social and economic variables to determine the capacity to bear lockdown conditions. The estimation results suggest that a partial lockdown is relatively more feasible for Pakistan. The study discovered that households in urban areas, those headed by unemployed people, and households headed by women are more likely to withstand the lockdown.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; STAY-at-home orders; GOVERNMENT shutdown; GOVERNMENT policy; CITIES &; towns; ECONOMETRIC models; COVID-19 pandemic; UNEMPLOYED people
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics, 2022, Vol 32, Issue 2`, p191
- ISSN
0254-9204
- Publication type
Article