How Do Pacific Island Households and Communities Cope with Seasonally Absent Members?

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...

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Main Authors:	Rohorua, Halahingano, Gibson, John, McKenzie, David, Garcia Martinez, Pilar
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120 Remittances F240 Geographic Labor Mobility Immigrant Workers J610 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4899

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spelling	okr-10986-48992021-04-23T14:02:20Z How Do Pacific Island Households and Communities Cope with Seasonally Absent Members? Rohorua, Halahingano Gibson, John McKenzie, David Garcia Martinez, Pilar Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120 Remittances F240 Geographic Labor Mobility Immigrant Workers J610 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190 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 short-term costs in terms of diet and health. 2012-03-30T07:30:17Z 2012-03-30T07:30:17Z 2009 Journal Article Pacific Economic Bulletin 08178038 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4899 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Pacific Islands Tonga Vanuatu
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description	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 short-term costs in terms of diet and health.
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author	Rohorua, Halahingano Gibson, John McKenzie, David Garcia Martinez, Pilar
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title	How Do Pacific Island Households and Communities Cope with Seasonally Absent Members?
title_short	How Do Pacific Island Households and Communities Cope with Seasonally Absent Members?
title_full	How Do Pacific Island Households and Communities Cope with Seasonally Absent Members?
title_fullStr	How Do Pacific Island Households and Communities Cope with Seasonally Absent Members?
title_full_unstemmed	How Do Pacific Island Households and Communities Cope with Seasonally Absent Members?
title_sort	how do pacific island households and communities cope with seasonally absent members?
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How Do Pacific Island Households and Communities Cope with Seasonally Absent Members?

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