TY - JOUR
T1 - IB2017/21 Temporary Labour Schemes, the New Avenue of Social Mobility: Case Study Vanuatu
AU - Bailey, Rochelle-lee
AU - Wells, Sharon
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Since the establishment of Australias Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) in 2012, the number of workers from Vanuatu has increased significantly from 119 to 1533. It has been established that labour mobility improves livelihoods (Bailey 2014; Bedford 2013; Gibson and McKenzie 2014). This is evident throughout out villages and towns in Vanuatu, and is the reason thousands of ni-Vanuatu apply for the SWP every year. Using evidence-based research of ni-Vanuatu workers in the SWP, this paper argues that this strategic policy of encouraging development for Pacific island nations is effective, and, most significantly, that participating in labour migration provides workers with new avenues of social mobility.
AB - Since the establishment of Australias Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) in 2012, the number of workers from Vanuatu has increased significantly from 119 to 1533. It has been established that labour mobility improves livelihoods (Bailey 2014; Bedford 2013; Gibson and McKenzie 2014). This is evident throughout out villages and towns in Vanuatu, and is the reason thousands of ni-Vanuatu apply for the SWP every year. Using evidence-based research of ni-Vanuatu workers in the SWP, this paper argues that this strategic policy of encouraging development for Pacific island nations is effective, and, most significantly, that participating in labour migration provides workers with new avenues of social mobility.
U2 - sites/default/files/publications/attachments/2017-08/ib_2017_21_baileywells.pdf
DO - sites/default/files/publications/attachments/2017-08/ib_2017_21_baileywells.pdf
M3 - Article
SP - 1
EP - 2
JO - State Society and Governance in Melanesia
JF - State Society and Governance in Melanesia
IS - 2017/21
ER -