Browsing by Author "McKenzie, David"
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Gibson, John; McKenzie, David; Stillman, Steven
(University of Chicago Press, 2013)
The impacts of international emigration and remittances on incomes and poverty in sending areas are increasingly studied with household survey data. But comparing households with and without emigrants is complicated by a ...
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Gibson, John; McKenzie, David
(University of Waikato, 2011)
Australia launched the Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme in August 2008. This program was designed to alleviate labor shortages for the Australian horticultural industry by providing opportunities for workers from ...
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Gibson, John; McKenzie, David
(Wiley, 2011)
This research note presents an analysis of the development impacts of Australia's Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme. We estimate the gain per participating household to be approximately A$2600, which is a 39% increase ...
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Gibson, John; McKenzie, David
(2010)
Seasonal migration programs are widely used around the world, and are increasingly seen as offering a potential “triple-win”- benefiting the migrant, sending country, and receiving country. Yet there is a dearth of rigorous ...
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McKenzie, David; Gibson, John
(2010)
Brain drain has long been a common concern for migrant-sending countries, particularly for small countries where high-skilled emigration rates are highest. However, while economic theory suggests a number of possible ...
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