This paper analyses the job choice decision of married women in rural India as a joint decision between spouses in a household. Two models of labour participation are estimated: the first defines work only as market wage labour and the second defines work broadly to include wage and self...

This paper analyses the occupational choice behaviour of individuals in rural Gujarat in Western India. It examines the economic rationale for holding single or multiple jobs and undertaking self or wage employment. The analysis suggests that persons who undertake multiple jobs are younger, less...