TY  - GEN
TI  - The impact of immigration on geographic mobility of New Zealanders
Y1  - 2007/11//
AV  - public
N2  - This paper uses data from the New Zealand Census to examine how the supply of
recent migrants in particular skill groups affects the geographic mobility of the New
Zealand-born and earlier migrants. We identify the impact of recent migration on
mobility using the ?area-analysis? approach, which exploits the fact that immigration
is spatially concentrated, and thus a change in the local supply of migrants in a
particular skill group should have an impact on the mobility of similarly skilled nonmigrants
in that local labour market. Overall, our results provide little support for the
hypothesis that migrant inflows displace either the NZ-born or earlier migrants with
similar skills in the areas that new migrants are settling. If anything, they suggest
that there are positive spillovers between recent migrants and other individuals that
encourage individuals to move to or remain in the areas in which similarly skilled
migrants are settling. Thus, it appears unlikely that internal mobility moderates any
potential impacts of immigration on labour or housing markets in New Zealand.
ID  - discovery14265
UR  - http://www.econ.ucl.ac.uk/cream/publicationsdiscussionpapers.htm
PB  - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration
CY  - London, UK
A1  - Stillman, S.
A1  - Mare, D.C.
T3  - Discussion Paper Series
KW  - J61
KW  -  R23
ER  -