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Does Distance Still Matter For Internal Migration And, If So, How? Evidence From 1986 To 2006

Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand

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Title Does Distance Still Matter For Internal Migration And, If So, How? Evidence From 1986 To 2006
 
Creator Alimi, Omoniyi
Mare, David
Poot, Jacques
 
Subject internal migration; gravity model; New Zealand
 
Description In this paper we re-examine the structure of internal migration flows in New Zealand. We use data on gross migration flows between the 39 main and secondary urban areas for the four intercensal periods between 1986 and 2006. We confirm that the gravity model – in which migration is inversely related to distance – fits the data well, and that the way in which distance is measured (travel time, road distance or straight-line distance) matters to some extent for the goodness of fit of the model. We also show that some forms of socioeconomic differences influence migration in the same way as distance. Perhaps surprisingly, we find that the deterrence effect of distance on migration was increasing, at least until 2001. Improvements in connectivity through reduced travel time have not increased migration flows.
 
Publisher Victoria University of Wellington
 
Date 2015-09-15
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/LEW/article/view/3897
10.26686/lew.v0i0.3897
 
Source Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand; 2015: Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand
2463-2600
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/LEW/article/view/3897/3487
 
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