Economic Growth-Women Labour Force Participation Nexus: An Empirical Evidence for Pakistan

Abstract

The immense focus of the study is to investigate the impact of economic growth on women labour force participation nexus. Women labour force participation (WLFP), (Real) GDP per capita (RPCY) are chosen as variables for this selected study. Material and data have been taken from 1980 to 2011. The result of this study depicts that long run and U-shaped association between economic development and women labour force participation in case of Pakistan. Our study shows that an increase in education and dynamics of economic activity increases the Women Labour Force Participation in later stage of growth.

Keywords: Economic Growth, (Real) GDP per Capita, Women Labour Force.