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Comparing Migration in Britain and Australia: Harmonisation through Use of Age–Time Plans

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  • Martin Bell

    (School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia)

  • Philip Rees

    (School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England)

Abstract

Differences in the way migration is measured impede cross-national comparisons of internal migration. In this paper we utilise age–time diagrams to elucidate these problems for Australia and the United Kingdom and present solutions which generate time series of interregional migration for the two countries, harmonised with respect to age–time plans. We achieve this through estimation of the numbers of migration transitions (Australia) or migration events (Britain) for common age–period–cohort (APC) spaces. We derive appropriate population stocks for computation of transition probabilities or occurrence-exposure rates. In the final section of the paper we present a series of migration-intensity calculations based on varying combinations of period–cohort, period–age, and age–period–cohort perspectives, to demonstrate the significance of the variations, and the errors that can arise without harmonisation.

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  • Martin Bell & Philip Rees, 2006. "Comparing Migration in Britain and Australia: Harmonisation through Use of Age–Time Plans," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 38(5), pages 959-988, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:38:y:2006:i:5:p:959-988
    DOI: 10.1068/a35245
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    1. Martin Bell & Dominic Brown, 2014. "Analysing spatial interactions: inter-regional migration flows," Chapters, in: Robert Stimson (ed.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Spatially Integrated Social Science, chapter 19, pages 403-435, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Tom Wilson, 2022. "Preparing local area population forecasts using a bi-regional cohort-component model without the need for local migration data," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 46(32), pages 919-956.

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