ABSTRACT
individuals in developing countries often rely on various sources of monetary income. Leibbrand, Woolard, and Woolard (2000) provide empirical evidence that this is the case in South Africa. Glick (1999) documents that, in the case of Guinea, monetary earnings often are supplemented through extensive engagement in home production. Theisen (2005a) finds that Tanzanian formal sector workers often participate in informal production, and Reardon (1997) documents that households in sub-Saharan Africa derive income from various sources. This suggests that studies of labour markets in developing countries should start from the presumption that multiple-job-holding is the norm rather than the exception. Except for Glick (1999), Joliffe (2004), and Theisen (2005a), this is, however, not the state of the art in the economics literature. Hence, my main aim is to investigate the extent of multiple-job-holding in the African context, and to examine which factors that drive individuals into multiple-job-holding.
