‘Australian sailors wanted’: Labour supply and Australian shipping, c. 1870–c. 1914

Ostapenko, D; Kirkby, D

‘Australian sailors wanted’: Labour supply and Australian shipping, c. 1870–c. 1914

Ostapenko, D Kirkby, D

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Australian Economic History Review: an Asia-Pacific journal of economic, business and social history, 2022, 62, (2), pp. 141-160
Issue Date:: 2022-07-03

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dc.contributor.author	Ostapenko, D
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dc.identifier.citation	Australian Economic History Review: an Asia-Pacific journal of economic, business and social history, 2022, 62, (2), pp. 141-160
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dc.description.abstract	In the pre-1914 era Australia did not develop an ocean-going merchant navy. The problem is well recognised in previous studies that assumed that it was high Australian wages that made the operational cost of deep-sea vessels uncompetitive on a global scale. This article reconstructs historical shifts in the Australian market for a seagoing workforce and demonstrates there was low recruitment of Australian labour. Drawing on new sources and inspired by efficiency wage theory the article argues that it was this shortage of a domestic labour supply that constrained the development of a national deep-sea shipping industry.
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dc.subject	1402 Applied Economics, 1503 Business and Management, 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
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dc.title	‘Australian sailors wanted’: Labour supply and Australian shipping, c. 1870–c. 1914
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Abstract:

In the pre-1914 era Australia did not develop an ocean-going merchant navy. The problem is well recognised in previous studies that assumed that it was high Australian wages that made the operational cost of deep-sea vessels uncompetitive on a global scale. This article reconstructs historical shifts in the Australian market for a seagoing workforce and demonstrates there was low recruitment of Australian labour. Drawing on new sources and inspired by efficiency wage theory the article argues that it was this shortage of a domestic labour supply that constrained the development of a national deep-sea shipping industry.

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