I use the Tongan household component of the Pacific Labour Mobility Survey to share some descriptive data on perceptions of the schemes and their impacts, and then more suggestive evidence on how participation affects these views.
The Tongan household survey covers 543 migrant and 617 nonmigrant households. Here, I’ll focus on four questions and the responses of nonmigrant households – those who “missed out”, or chose not to apply.
