%0 Journal Article %T Informally Employed Women: Their Characteristics and Contribution in Household Budget %A Rana Ejaz Ali Khan %A Tasnim Khan %J Journal of Applied Sciences %D 2007 %I Asian Network for Scientific Information %X The study highlights the contribution of working women (in the age group of 16-60 years) in their household budget. These women are involved in informal economy. Employing the OLS model on 1780 observations it is found that women as head of household, women=s education, ownership of assets by woman have positive effect on their contribution. Age of the woman has a non-linear effect. First the contribution increases and then decreases by increase in age of the woman. Married women contribute more to household budget. %K Women %K household economics (J160) %K labour supply (J220) %K female employment (J13) %K poverty (O150) %U http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/ansinet/jas/2007/1901-1907.pdf