eprintid: 14265
rev_number: 31
eprint_status: archive
userid: 600
dir: disk0/00/01/42/65
datestamp: 2009-07-07 16:50:08
lastmod: 2015-07-19 02:07:17
status_changed: 2009-07-07 16:50:08
type: working_paper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Stillman, S.
creators_name: Mare, D.C.
title: The impact of immigration on geographic mobility of New Zealanders
ispublished: pub
subjects: 12040
keywords: J61, R23
abstract: 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.
date: 2007-11
publisher: Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration
official_url: http://www.econ.ucl.ac.uk/cream/publicationsdiscussionpapers.htm
oa_status: green
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
full_text_status: public
series: Discussion Paper Series
number: 14/07
place_of_pub: London, UK
citation:        Stillman, S.;    Mare, D.C.;      (2007)    The impact of immigration on geographic mobility of New Zealanders.                    (Discussion Paper Series  14/07). Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration: London, UK.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/14265/1/14265.pdf