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Dr. Khizra Safdar Khan

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Economics
GC University, Lahore

Biography

Dr. Khizra Safdar Khan is working as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Business and Commerce: Gift University. She has received her Ph.D. in economics from GCU Lahore in 2015. Before, She completed her M.Phill from the same University under HEC indigenous Scholarship. She has been part of the permanent faculty of GIFT University since 2012. She has been assigned as the Knowledge Unit Head for the domain of Economics courses. Her main research areas are SMEs, entrepreneurship, poverty, and applied microeconomics. She has been teaching Economics Courses to undergraduate, graduate, and M.Phll levels. 

Teaching Interests

  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Managerial Economics
  • Advanced Microeconomics
  • Health Economics
  • Development Economics

Research Interests

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Poverty
  • Health Economics
  • Women Empowerment

Selected Publications

  • Entrepreneurial Factors contributing to the growth in terms of employment generation. A case study of Electric Fan producing firms in Gujarat District. Government College University Journal, Vol. LI, 2018. (23-56)
  • Factors contributing towards the Process of International Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Light Engineering Units Operating in Gujranwala District. Government College University Journal, Vol. L, 2017. (1-30)
  • Do SMEs really contribute towards poverty reduction? An empirical analysis to explore the impact of the Washing Machine sector on the poverty status of its employees in Gujranwala district. Government College University Journal, Vol. XLVIII, 2015. (49-84)
  • Job Satisfaction and Emotional Exhaustion of Emergency Services (Rescue 1122) Employees in Pakistan’. Government College University Journal, Vol. XLV, 2012. (23-42)
  • Impact of manufacturing industry on economic growth in case of Pakistan: a Kaldorian approach. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, Vol.3, No. 1, May 2011. (1021-1037).