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

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dc.contributor.authorRohorua, Halahingano
dc.contributor.authorGibson, John
dc.contributor.authorMcKenzie, David
dc.contributor.authorGarcia Martinez, Pilar
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:30:17Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:30:17Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractHouseholds 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.en
dc.identifier.citationPacific Economic Bulletin
dc.identifier.issn08178038
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4899
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectConsumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120
dc.subjectRemittances F240
dc.subjectGeographic Labor Mobility
dc.subjectImmigrant Workers J610
dc.subjectMicroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120
dc.subjectInternational Linkages to Development
dc.subjectRole of International Organizations O190
dc.titleHow Do Pacific Island Households and Communities Cope with Seasonally Absent Members?en
dc.title.alternativePacific Economic Bulletinen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum1496
okr.journal.nbpages19-38
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryTonga
okr.region.countryVanuatu
okr.region.geographicalPacific Islands
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okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://peb.anu.edu.au/
okr.volume24
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