Participation and Employment Status in Pakistan: The Case of Bahawalpur District

The main purpose of this paper is to identify the factors which influence male labour force participation and employment status such as to determine who is economically active worker and who is not, who is working and who is not working and among those working males or employed, who is casual wage worker, salaried worker, under-employed or self-employed. The present study is based on the primary source of data which is collected through field survey by the author from the under-developed district of the southern Punjab (Bahawalpur), considering only male worker in the age cohort 15-64 years. Binomial Logit and Multi-nomial Logit techniques are used to predict the probability of participation in different employment statuses. In the present study, we have explored how participation and employment status change with age, level of education, region of residence, closed relative’s education and sex by using statistical analysis. It has been observed the various education levels, presence of Assets, dependency burden and location are significantly affecting participation in various employment statuses. The study has suggested that Govt. should provide education, health and better environment facilities to the entire workers