{"title":"Female Labor Force Participation in Third World Countries: An Empirical Analysis","authors":"Anam Azam, Muhammad Rafiq","volume":93,"journal":"International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering","pagesStart":3107,"pagesEnd":3111,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/9999872","abstract":"
The study identified the socio-economic and
\r\ndemographic factors of both married and unmarried females in third
\r\nworld countries. Almost all the countries have same problems but we
\r\nhave selected Pakistan as a sample country. The main purpose of this
\r\nstudy was to examine which factors forced women to participate in
\r\nlabor market. So the best technique of data collection was survey of
\r\nboth married and unmarried females between the ages of 20 to 49.
\r\nTwo models (probit and logit) were used to analyze the factors which
\r\neffect on FLFP. The result showed that some factors e.g. age;
\r\neducation and marital status have significant effect on FLFP. The
\r\nfindings showed that educated women and those who belong to joint
\r\nfamilies are more participate because of financial pressure.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] Washingtone, D.C (2002), A Source Book for Poverty Reduction\r\nStrategies World Development Report in World Bank..\r\n[2] Pakistan, Government of (1998) Labour Force Survey, 1990-2000.\r\nIslamabad:W. Statistics Division, Statistics Division, Federal Bureau of\r\nStatistics.\r\n[3] Dale, A, Lindley, J and Dex, S. (2006). \u201cA life course perspective on\r\nEthnic Differences in Women\u2019s Economic Activity in Britain\u201d. CSSR\r\nWorking Paper 2005-08.\r\n[4] \u201cMuslim Population by Country\". The Future of the Global Muslim\r\nPopulation. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 22 December 2011.\r\n[5] Hafeez, A. and Ahmad, E. (2002) \u201cLabor Force Participation Decision\r\nof Educated Married Women\u201d. Pakistan Economic and Social Review.\r\nVolume XL, No. 1,pp75-88.\r\n[6] Ejaz, M. (2005),female labor force participation\u201d. The Lahore Journal of\r\nEconomics.\r\n[7] Ahmed, S and Dale, A (2008), \u201cPakistani and Bangladeshi Women\u2019s\r\nLabor Market Participation\u201d, \u201cCCSR Working Paper\u201d, in University of\r\nManchester.\r\n[8] Shaheen,S.(2011).\u201cFemale Labor Force Participation in Pakistan\u201d.\r\nJournal of Social and Development Sciences, Vol. No. 2(3), pp. 104-\r\n110.\r\n[9] Zareen F. NaqviI and Shahnaz, (2002). \u201cWomen Decide to Work in\r\nPakistan\u201d. The Pakistan Development Review.\r\n[10] Isran,S and Ali Isran, M. \u201cLow Female Labour Participation.\u201d Pakistan\r\nJournal of Social Science. Vol.32 (2), pp 453-468.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 93, 2014"}