Where Should I Live? The Locational Choices of Australians and New Zealanders

Sinning, Mathias; Stillman, Steven

Where Should I Live? The Locational Choices of Australians and New Zealanders

Sinning, Mathias; Stillman, Steven

Cite this item: Sinning, M., & Stillman, S. (2012). Where Should I Live? The Locational Choices of Australians and New Zealanders (Economics Discussion Paper Series No. 1204). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/2465

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Date: 2012-09

Series: Economics Discussion Papers Series

Series number: 1204

ISSN: 1178-2293 (Online)

Keywords: International Migration; International Agreements; Regional Labour Markets

Research Type: Discussion Paper

Languages: English

Abstract:

This paper exploits the existence of the trans-Tasman travel agreement and the availability of comparable census data in Australia and New Zealand to examine the extent to which individuals respond to different labour market conditions in the two countries (and their subregions), as well as measures of local amenities and cost of living when deciding where to live. Our findings suggest that the trans-Tasman travel agreement did contribute to a mutual exchange of migrants with many similarities regarding the size and human capital endowment of migration flows in both directions. However, considerable differences between the two countries remain with regard to internal, trans-Tasman and other international migration.

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