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Modelling the Determinants of Trans‐Tasman Migration after World War II *
Author(s) -
BROSNAN PETER,
POOT JACQUES
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1987.tb00665.x
Subject(s) - emigration , earnings , differential (mechanical device) , economics , probabilistic logic , economic geography , demographic economics , geography , finance , archaeology , aerospace engineering , engineering , statistics , mathematics
This paper identifies the economic and demographic factors responsible for migration flows between Australia and New Zealand by means of a probabilistic model of emigration in both directions. The largely uncontrolled flows between the two countries have the same determinants as those commonly found in studies of internal migration. The cost of migration (proxied by the real cost of air travel), labour market conditions and the potential earnings differential play a role, although the results are modified by the incidence of return migration and age composition .