Causes of Unemployment among Highly Educated Women in Pakistan : A Case Study of Bahawalnagar District

The objective of the study is to find out the causes of unemployment among educated women in Bahawalnagar district of Pakistan. The research is based on primary data collected through questionnaire method from urban and rural areas. Using probit model, the finding state that age, education, husband's education, father's education, mother's education, total employed persons at home, mother's job status and technical education are reducing unemployment while joint family system, number of children and household size are causes of higher unemployment among educated women in Bahawalnagar district