Migration and Transnationalism: Pacific Perspectives

Lee, Helen; Francis, Steven Tupai

doi:10.22459/mt.08.2009

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“…Pacific Islanders have long provided labour services to the high-income countries of the Pacific Rim. In recent decades, the demand for migrants with specific skills has increased (Brown & Connell, 2004;Lee, 2009). Seasonal labour migration programs for employment in hospitality and agriculture were established by New Zealand in 2007 2 and by Australia in 2012 (Gibson & McKenzie, 2014;Government of Australia, 2016;McKenzie et al, 2008).…”

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Wage arbitrage through skilled emigration: Evidence from the Pacific Islands

Chand

Clemens

Dempster

2022

Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

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Skilled workers in poor countries earn wages a fraction of that of their counterparts in rich nations. Here, we estimate the opportunities for wage arbitrage from emigration of workers from the Pacific Islands into Australia and New Zealand. Our calculations, based on wages earned by graduate accountants, computer science graduates and cooks with Certificate III qualifications, reveal wage premiums of a factor of up to 10 from emigration. Likewise, the cost of training to Australian standards within the Pacific Islands is as little as a third of that in Australia meaning that the total factor of economic arbitrage is 30.

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Wage arbitrage through skilled emigration: Evidence from the Pacific Islands

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Clemens

Dempster

2022

Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

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Selection and adaptation in human migration

Bell

2023

Evolutionary Anthropology

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This article reviews the ways migration shapes human biology. This includes the physiological and genetic, but also socio‐cultural aspects such as organization, behavior, and culture. Across disciplines I highlight the multiple levels of cultural and genetic selection whereby individuals and groups adapt to pressures along a migration timeline: the origin, transit, and destination. Generally, the evidence suggests that selective pressures and adaptations occur at the individual, family, and community levels. Consequently, across levels there are negotiations, interactions, and feedbacks that shape migration outcomes and the trajectory of evolutionary change. The rise and persistence of migration‐relevant adaptations emerges as a central question, including the maintenance of cumulative culture adaptations, the persistence of “cultures of migration”, as well as the individual‐level physiological and cognitive adaptations applied to successful transit and settlement in novel environments.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Migrants' Remittances, Poverty and Social Protection in the South Pacific: Fiji and Tonga

Brown

Connell

Jimenez-Soto

2013

Population Space and Place

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Small island states are increasingly characterised by the growing role of international migration and remittances as components of national and household incomes. Recent household‐level survey data on migration and remittances in two Pacific island states, Fiji and Tonga, demonstrate that where formal social protection systems are largely absent, migration and remittances can perform a similar function informally, contributing significantly to development objectives. Remittances also have a positive effect on poverty alleviation and wealth creation, although the impacts on income distribution are mixed. From a policy perspective, these informal social protection and poverty alleviation mechanisms may be more effective in promoting development than policies designed to incorporate remittances into the formal financial systems. Migration and remittances play an increasingly valuable role in small states where domestic development opportunities are limited. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Migration and Transnationalism: Pacific Perspectives

Cited by 60 publications

References 92 publications

Wage arbitrage through skilled emigration: Evidence from the Pacific Islands

Wage arbitrage through skilled emigration: Evidence from the Pacific Islands

Selection and adaptation in human migration

Migrants' Remittances, Poverty and Social Protection in the South Pacific: Fiji and Tonga

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