The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy

Seasonal migration programs are widely used around the world, yet there is little evidence as to their development impacts. A multi-year prospective evaluation of New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) seasonal worker program allows us to measure the impact of participating in this pr...

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Main Authors:	Gibson, John, McKenzie, David
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	MIT Press 2015
Subjects:	seasonal migration seasonal workers household welfare standard of living
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21483

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spelling	okr-10986-214832021-04-23T14:04:02Z The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy Gibson, John McKenzie, David seasonal migration seasonal workers household welfare standard of living Seasonal migration programs are widely used around the world, yet there is little evidence as to their development impacts. A multi-year prospective evaluation of New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) seasonal worker program allows us to measure the impact of participating in this program on households in Tonga and Vanuatu. Using a propensity-score pre-screened difference-in-differences analysis based on surveys fielded before, during, and after participation, we find that the RSE has indeed had positive development impacts that dwarf those of other popular development interventions. It has increased income, consumption, and savings of households; durable goods ownership; and subjective standard of living. The results also suggest that child schooling improved in Tonga. 2015-02-24T19:45:39Z 2015-02-24T19:45:39Z 2014-05 Journal Article Review of Economics and Statistics 0034-6535 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21483 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank MIT Press Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article East Asia and Pacific Oceania New Zealand Tonga
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description	Seasonal migration programs are widely used around the world, yet there is little evidence as to their development impacts. A multi-year prospective evaluation of New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) seasonal worker program allows us to measure the impact of participating in this program on households in Tonga and Vanuatu. Using a propensity-score pre-screened difference-in-differences analysis based on surveys fielded before, during, and after participation, we find that the RSE has indeed had positive development impacts that dwarf those of other popular development interventions. It has increased income, consumption, and savings of households; durable goods ownership; and subjective standard of living. The results also suggest that child schooling improved in Tonga.
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author	Gibson, John McKenzie, David
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title	The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy
title_short	The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy
title_full	The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy
title_fullStr	The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy
title_full_unstemmed	The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy
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publisher	MIT Press
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The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy

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