Causes of Unemployment Among Highly Educated Women in Pakistan: A Case Study Of Bahawalnagar District

Farrukh Bashir, Tusawar Iftikhar Ahmad and Tehmina Hidayat ()
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Tehmina Hidayat: Department of Economics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2013, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: The objective of the study is to find out the causes of unemployment among educated women in Bahawalnagar district of Pakistan. The research is based on primary data collected through questionnaire method from urban and rural areas. Using probit model, the finding state that age, education, husband’s education, father’s education, mother’s education, total employed persons at home, mother’s job status and technical education are reducing unemployment while joint family system, number of children and household size are causes of higher unemployment among educated women in Bahawalnagar district.

Keywords: Age; Education; Family System; Unemployment; Family size (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 B21 C13 C35 C83 J64 Y10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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