TY - JOUR
T1 - The dynamic complexity of Australia's immigration and emigration flows from 1981 to 2016
AU - Raymer, James
AU - Bai, Xujing
AU - Liu, Nan
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The aim of this paper is to examine how fows of immigration and emigration to and
from Australia over the past 35 years have evolved across settlement areas. This is
achieved by studying the changes to the sources of immigration, measured by country or region of birth, the relative propensities of immigrants to remain in Australia,
and the diferences exhibited by females and males. The analyses utilise a unique
set of data on immigration and emigration fows that have been recently harmonised across various sources of existing data, both over time and across geographic
units. Specifcally, we show how the patterns have evolved for 18 diferent immigrant groups and the Australia-born population since 1981. This research provides
new insights into the patterns of international migration that are greatly infuencing population and ethnic change across Australia. We show how the diversity of
immigration has increased between 1981 and 2016 and the signifcance of China
and India as new sources of immigration. The increasing diversity is found across all
47 geographic areas that we examine, albeit with variations in the levels and sources
of immigration. We also fnd that retention of immigrants and ratios of returning
Australia-born persons have been declining over time. Finally, we show how most
immigrant groups exhibit distinct patterns of immigration and emigration by sex.
AB - The aim of this paper is to examine how fows of immigration and emigration to and
from Australia over the past 35 years have evolved across settlement areas. This is
achieved by studying the changes to the sources of immigration, measured by country or region of birth, the relative propensities of immigrants to remain in Australia,
and the diferences exhibited by females and males. The analyses utilise a unique
set of data on immigration and emigration fows that have been recently harmonised across various sources of existing data, both over time and across geographic
units. Specifcally, we show how the patterns have evolved for 18 diferent immigrant groups and the Australia-born population since 1981. This research provides
new insights into the patterns of international migration that are greatly infuencing population and ethnic change across Australia. We show how the diversity of
immigration has increased between 1981 and 2016 and the signifcance of China
and India as new sources of immigration. The increasing diversity is found across all
47 geographic areas that we examine, albeit with variations in the levels and sources
of immigration. We also fnd that retention of immigrants and ratios of returning
Australia-born persons have been declining over time. Finally, we show how most
immigrant groups exhibit distinct patterns of immigration and emigration by sex.
U2 - 10.1007/s12546-020-09245-x
DO - 10.1007/s12546-020-09245-x
M3 - Article
SN - 1443-2447
VL - 37
SP - 213
EP - 242
JO - Journal of Population Research
JF - Journal of Population Research
ER -