The informal Employment in Southern Punjab: An Empirical Evidence

Authors

  • Durdana Qaiser Gillani Department of Economics, University of The Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan Author
  • Toseef Azid Department of Finance and Economics, College of Business and Economics, Qasim University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Author

Keywords:

Informal Sector Employment, Labour Market and Growth and Development

Abstract

A household survey is conducted in the three divisions of Southern Punjab, Pakistan in order to examine employment

 

patterns in the formal and informal sectors. The present study aims to examine competing views of informal sector

 

employment in Southern Punjab. The result indicates that some human capital and socio-economic variables play

 

substantial role in determining the participation decision of workers in the informal sector.

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Published

2017-09-30

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2017)

Section

Articles