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

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 shift...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Australian economic history review 2022-07, Vol.62 (2), p.141-160
Hauptverfasser:	Ostapenko, Dmytro, Kirkby, Diane
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Schlagworte:	Australia Housework Labor supply labour supply Recruitment Seamen shipping Shipping industry Wage theory Workforce
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