Rohorua, Halahingano and Gibson, John and McKenzie, David and Martinez, Pilar G (2009) How do Pacific Island households and communities cope with seasonally absent members? Pacific Economic Bulletin, 24 (3). pp. 19-38. ISSN 0817-8038
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Households and communities in the Pacific islands are
increasingly likely to have some of their most productive
members regularly absent due to growing opportunities for
seasonal work abroad. If these absences are costly for the
family left behind, the net development benefits of seasonal
migration will be less than what they appear from remittances
and repatriated foreign earnings, and there might be a role for
government policies in host and source countries to mitigate
some of the effects of absence. This article provides the first
evidence of how Pacific island households and communities
are affected by and cope with seasonal absences. We find that
Tongan households have succeeded in mitigating many of the
potential adverse effects associated with seasonal separation
of members, whereas households from Vanuatu with members
participating in the RSE appear to have suffered some shortterm
costs in terms of diet and health.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) > Graduate School of Business |
| Depositing User: | Generic Email |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2018 03:16 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Mar 2018 03:16 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/10574 |
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