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The role of visa class in the location choices of immigrants in Australia at the regional and neighbourhood scales

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  • Dagmara Laukova

    (The University of Queensland)

  • Aude Bernard

    (The University of Queensland)

  • Toan Nguyen

    (The University of Queensland)

  • Thomas Sigler

    (The University of Queensland)

Abstract

Australia’s pro-immigration policies have played a vital role in national population growth, serving to address what would otherwise be chronic labour shortages and population ageing. While migrants to Australian have shown a clear preference for cities and tend to locate with co-ethnics, variations by visa class—employment, family reunification, and asylum—have yet to be fully explored. This paper aims to identify variations in settlement patterns of immigrants in Australia by visa types and the factors underpinning these choices, paying particular attention to ethnic networks and employment opportunities. We apply a series of negative binomial regressions to aggregate census data linked to visa status. At the suburb level, our results show the importance of the presence of compatriots in shaping the location choices of family migrants, with the exception of skilled and humanitarian immigrants from China, Malaysia and Thailand. At the regional level, skilled migrants, including skilled regional migrants, respond to employment opportunities to a greater extent than family and humanitarian migrants.

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  • Dagmara Laukova & Aude Bernard & Toan Nguyen & Thomas Sigler, 2022. "The role of visa class in the location choices of immigrants in Australia at the regional and neighbourhood scales," Journal of Population Research, Springer, vol. 39(2), pages 201-231, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joprea:v:39:y:2022:i:2:d:10.1007_s12546-022-09280-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s12546-022-09280-w
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