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View article: Evidence of the effects of ethnic diversity, years of residence, and location on migrant bridging, bonding, and linking, social capital: a New Zealand synthesis
Evidence of the effects of ethnic diversity, years of residence, and location on migrant bridging, bonding, and linking, social capital: a New Zealand synthesis Open
New Zealand has one of the highest immigration rates in the developed world, resulting in a high share of foreign-born residents. Its population is highly urbanized, spatially uneven, ethnically diverse, and includes a significant indigeno…
View article: Modelling and Forecasting Interregional Migration for Multiregional Population Projections
Modelling and Forecasting Interregional Migration for Multiregional Population Projections Open
In this paper we focus on modelling and forecasting gross interregional migration in a way that can be embedded within multiregional population projections. We revisit, and apply, a family of spatial interaction models first formulated dur…
View article: Islands, remoteness and effective policy making: Aotearoa New Zealand during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Islands, remoteness and effective policy making: Aotearoa New Zealand during the COVID‐19 pandemic Open
Aotearoa New Zealand has been identified, by several measures, as being one of a few developed countries that have weathered the COVID-19 pandemic in the best possible way. This outcome is generally attributed to strict but effective publi…
View article: Towards a dynamic spatial microsimulation model for projecting Auckland's spatial distribution of ethnic groups
Towards a dynamic spatial microsimulation model for projecting Auckland's spatial distribution of ethnic groups Open
In this paper we describe the development, calibration and validation of a dynamic spatial microsimulation model for projecting small area (area unit) ethnic populations in Auckland, New Zealand's most culturally diverse city, in which abo…
View article: Hometown whanau or big city millennials? The economic geography of graduate destination choices in New Zealand.
Hometown whanau or big city millennials? The economic geography of graduate destination choices in New Zealand. Open
One of the main challenges facing non-metropolitan regions is the attraction and retention of highly-educated young people. A loss of the brightest can lead to reduced business creation, innovation, growth and community wellbeing in such r…
View article: Commuting to diversity
Commuting to diversity Open
Does commuting increase workers' exposure to difference and diversity? The uneven spatial distribution of different population subgroups within cities is well documented. Individual neighbourhoods are generally less diverse than cities as …
View article: Did the Post-1986 Decline in the Homeownership Rate Benefit the New Zealand Labour Market? a Spatial-Econometric Exploration
Did the Post-1986 Decline in the Homeownership Rate Benefit the New Zealand Labour Market? a Spatial-Econometric Exploration Open
The proportion of New Zealand households living in owner-occupied dwellings has declined steadily since the early 1990s. The unemployment rate declined steadily as well, except for upward shifts due to the late 1990s Asian Financial Crisis…
View article: International Migration and the Distribution of Income in New Zealand Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Areas
International Migration and the Distribution of Income in New Zealand Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Areas Open
Since the 1980s, income inequality in New Zealand has been a growing concern - particularly in metropolitan areas. At the same time, the encouragement of permanent and temporary immigration has led to the foreign-born accounting for a grow…
View article: Local Institutional Quality and Return Migration: Evidence from Vietnam
Local Institutional Quality and Return Migration: Evidence from Vietnam Open
This paper examines the link between local institutional quality in the home country and locational choices of international return migrants. We scrutinize the locational choices of Vietnamese return migrants to the south central and the s…
View article: More pensioners, less income inequality?
More pensioners, less income inequality? Open
As is the case in most developed countries, the population of New Zealand is ageing numerically and structurally. Population ageing can have important effects on the distribution of personal income within and between urban areas. The age s…
View article: More Pensioners, Less Income Inequality? The Impact of Changing Age Composition on Inequality in Big Cities and Elsewhere
More Pensioners, Less Income Inequality? The Impact of Changing Age Composition on Inequality in Big Cities and Elsewhere Open
As is the case in most developed countries, the population of New Zealand is ageing numerically and structurally. Population ageing can have important effects on the distribution of personal income within and between urban areas. The age s…
View article: International Migration and Institutional Quality in the Home Country: It Matters Where You Go and How Long You Stay!
International Migration and Institutional Quality in the Home Country: It Matters Where You Go and How Long You Stay! Open
International migrants are widely recognised as agents of institutional change in their home countries. However, the huge growth in temporary migration in recent years demands a fresh investigation of this phenomenon. Theoretically, a coun…
View article: Skill composition of immigration flows and the measurement of education-occupation mismatch
Skill composition of immigration flows and the measurement of education-occupation mismatch Open
Recent papers have found that often immigrants are overqualified relative to native-born workers when comparing an individual’s education to the ‘average’ education in their occupation. We show that these results are sensitive to differenc…
View article: Social capital, entrepreneurship and living standards: differences between immigrants and the native born
Social capital, entrepreneurship and living standards: differences between immigrants and the native born Open
Both migrant entrepreneurship and social capital are topics which have attracted a great deal of attention. However, relatively little econometric analysis has been done on their interrelationship. In this paper we first consider the relat…