Open AccessThe Nexus of Immigration and Economic Conditions In Australia
Author(s) -
Burcu Özcan
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of business strategies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2162-6901
pISSN - 0887-2058
DOI - 10.54155/jbs.33.2.138-153
Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , immigration , unemployment , economics , demographic economics , per capita income , causality (physics) , per capita , unemployment rate , socioeconomic status , geography , demography , macroeconomics , sociology , population , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , computer science , embedded system
In this study, we aim to analyze the causal linkages between immigrationand economic conditions - unemployment and per capita income- in Australia overthe period of 1966-2013 by using causality tests developed by Toda and Yamamoto(1995) and Hacker-Hatemi-J (2006). The results support one-way causal relationshipsrunning from both unemployment and per capita income to immigration. However,immigrants do not have a significant impact on the economic conditions of Australia.On the contrary, the high level of income and the low unemployment rate are thepulling factors of immigrants into Australia. Based on these results, some crucialpolicy implications would be suggested.