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EMPLOYMENTS IMPACT ON HOUSEHOLD POVERTY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM MULTAN DISTRICT

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).09      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).09      Published : Jun 2

Employment's Impact on Household Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Multan District

Abstract

    This study analyzed the association between household employment and household poverty using logit regression on survey data of Multan District. It is found that qualification of household head, gender of household head, household employment rate, number of males employed in formal sector, number of females employed in informal sector, females permitted to paid work outside home, female’s autonomy to utilize household resources, possession of agricultural land, residence, possession of livestock and government health facility in household’s vicinity have significantly negative impact on probability of household’s poverty. Household size and number of children (≤ 5 years) are positively associated with household poverty. It is suggested that empowering women and creating productive employment opportunities in both formal and informal sectors may help to reduce poverty..

    Household Poverty, Employment, Logistic Regression, Primary Data, Multan, Pakistan

    (1) Imran Sharif Chaudhry
    Director,School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Saeed ur Rahman
    Lecturer,Department of Economics, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Fatima farooq
    Assistant Professor, School of Economics,Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Chaudhry, I. S., Rahman, S. u., & farooq, F. (2019). Employment's Impact on Household Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Multan District. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(II), 67-72. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).09

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    CHICAGO : Chaudhry, Imran Sharif, Saeed ur Rahman, and Fatima farooq. 2019. "Employment's Impact on Household Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Multan District." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II): 67-72 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).09

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    HARVARD : CHAUDHRY, I. S., RAHMAN, S. U. & FAROOQ, F. 2019. Employment's Impact on Household Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Multan District. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 67-72.

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    MHRA : Chaudhry, Imran Sharif, Saeed ur Rahman, and Fatima farooq. 2019. "Employment's Impact on Household Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Multan District." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 67-72

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    MLA : Chaudhry, Imran Sharif, Saeed ur Rahman, and Fatima farooq. "Employment's Impact on Household Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Multan District." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.II (2019): 67-72 Print.

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    OXFORD : Chaudhry, Imran Sharif, Rahman, Saeed ur, and farooq, Fatima (2019), "Employment's Impact on Household Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Multan District", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II), 67-72

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    TURABIAN : Chaudhry, Imran Sharif, Saeed ur Rahman, and Fatima farooq. "Employment's Impact on Household Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Multan District." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. II (2019): 67-72. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).09