Impact of Education on Female Labour Force Participation in Pakistan: Empirical Evidence from Primary Data Analysis
Year: 2009
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Education plays a pivotal role in human capital formation. Labor hascore position in production. The targets of growth and development areattained through educated labor force. The main purpose of the study isto explore the impact of education on female labour forceparticipation. Data is collected through field survey about variouseducational levels, closed relative educational status and othereducation related variables. District Bahawalpure is selected as studyarea, the under-developed district of the Punjab. The sample consistson One hundred and Sixty four Females. The analysis is made at twostage levels. First, we have presented the preliminary analysis of data.Secondary, an econometric analysis is made by using LogisticRegression model. The results of the preliminary analysis haveindicated that there is positive trend between education and FemaleLabour Force participation. The coefficients of all the levels ofeducation except basic education up to middle level are significant inthe Logit Regression equation. The role of parents’ education turns outto be insignificant while the spouse educational status has positive andsignificant impact on female labour force participation. Thus studyconcludes that educated female is successful in attaining employment,raising output and growth.
Authors: Muhammad Zahir Faridi, Shahnawaz Malik
Institution: Bahauddin Zakariya University
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2304764381