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Sher Afghan Asad

Lahore University of Management Sciences

D.H.A, Lahore Cantt

Lahore, Punjab 54792

Pakistan

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

6

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694

TOTAL CITATIONS

8

Scholarly Papers (6)

1.

Do workers discriminate against their out-group employers? Evidence from an online platform economy

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 20 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2020
Sher Afghan Asad, Ritwik Banerjee and Joydeep Bhattacharya
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Iowa State University - Department of Economics
Downloads 209 (366,366)
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Discrimination, Worker-to-Employer, Social Preferences, Taste-based discrimination, Gig Economy, Mechanical Turk, Structural Behavioral Economics

2.

Vulnerable Markets: Impact of Extreme Flooding on Agriculture Supply Networks

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 15 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2025
Sher Afghan Asad, Omar Gondal and Farah Said
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Downloads 190 (405,402)

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Price and Prejudice: Gender Discrimination in Online Marketplaces *

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Sep 2024 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2024
Sher Afghan Asad, Husnain Fateh Ahmad and Hadia Majid
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Sewanee: The University of the South and Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Downloads 134 (554,631)
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discrimination, online-marketplaces, taste-based discrimination, statistical discrimination, harassment, language-processing. JEL Codes: J71, D91, C93

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Technology without Teeth: Evidence from Voluntary Point-of-Sale Integration

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 08 May 2025 Last Revised: 13 May 2026
Sher Afghan Asad and Isabelle Cohen
Lahore University of Management Sciences and University of Washington
Downloads 76 (875,328)

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Tax Compliance, E-Invoicing, Point-of-Sale (POS) Systems, Digital Taxation, State Capacity, Digital monitoring, voluntary adoption, value added tax

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Price and Prejudice: Gender Discrimination in Online Marketplaces

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 15 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2025
Sher Afghan Asad, Husnain Fateh Ahmad and Hadia Majid
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Sewanee: The University of the South and Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Downloads 49 (1,086,013)
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discrimination, gender, online-marketplaces, taste-based discrimination, statistical discrimination, harassment

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Do Workers Discriminate Against Their Out-Group Employers? Evidence from the Gig Economy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13012
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 19 Nov 2024
Sher Afghan Asad, Ritwik Banerjee and Joydeep Bhattacharya
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Iowa State University - Department of Economics
Downloads 36 (1,249,711)

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Gig Economy, taste-based discrimination, social preferences, worker-to-employer, discrimination, mechanical turk, Structural Behavioral Economics