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Field	Value

Title	Determinants of Female Labor Force Participation

Creator	Adiqa Qausar Kiani; Assistant Professor Economics Department, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Description	There are many factors related to female entering the labor market. For example, household income, household expenditure, education and status of the head of the household (male/ female). The degree of correlation between each variable and female labor force participation rate varies throughout the country. This study focused on the factors due to which women enter in labor market. Tobit model is used for this analysis. It is concluded that education and household expenditures have positive but insignificant impact on the female LF, whereas household income and head of the household has negative impact on FLF. It is suggested that in order to improve the working condition of female labor force government should take necessary action, for example women education etc.Keywords: Female labor force participation, labor market.

Publisher	Management Research Center, Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, U

Contributor	—

Date	2013-10-10

Type	Peer-reviewed Article

Format	application/pdf

Identifier	http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/amj/article/view/1986

Source	ASEAN Marketing Journal; Vol 1, No 2 (2009): December

Language	en

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