Measuring the Efficiency of Horticultural Labour: A Case Study on Seasonal Workers and Working Holiday Makers
by
 
LEITH Robert

Title
Measuring the Efficiency of Horticultural Labour: A Case Study on Seasonal Workers and Working Holiday Makers

Series
Farm Policy Journal

Series Issue
Winter 2015

Publication Date
01/06/2015

Description
Article released in the Farm Policy Journal, Winter 2015 Cite as: Leith, R and Davidson, A, 2015, Measuring the Efficiency of Horticultural Labour: Case Study on Seasonal Workers and Working Holiday Makers, Farm Policy Journal, Vol. 12 No. 2, Winter, pp. 47-52. This study estimates the relative efficiency of workers hired under the Working Holiday Visa initiative and the Seasonal Worker Programme, using the payroll data of a horticultural farm in Queensland. The study found that seasonal workers were, on average, significantly more efficient than working holiday makers. However, no conclusions can be made about the impact of these two labour sources on profitability.

Resource URL Description
0 : Link to the article on the Farm Policy Journal website - HTML

Resource URL
1027262

Publisher
Australian Farm Institute

Author
LEITH Robert
 
DAVIDSON Alistair

Right Management
Use constraints: copyright
 
Other constraints: Licence type:Copyright
 
Other constraints: Copyright (c) 2015, Australian Farm Institute

Identifier
ISSN 1449-8812

Asset Name
pj_mehlcsd9aap_20150601