Agricultural workers move in and out of agriculture frequently. Migration between types of jobs takes relatively little time. Legal female workers tend to stay out of the U.S. labor market longer once they stop being employed and their access to jobs outside of agriculture is more limited than...

1. Introduction -- 2. The tea sector in Assam in a comparative perspective -- 3. Employment characteristics of tea labour -- 4. Occupational mobility among tea garden labourers -- 5. Causes and implications of occupational mobility -- 6. Conclusions.