Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/130361 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9665
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The factors leading individuals to immigrate to developed nations are widely studied, but comparatively less is known about those who emigrate from them. In this paper, we use data from a nationally representative cohort of Australian adults to develop longitudinal measures of emigration and to assess how social ties and individual economic position predict emigration. Cox proportional hazards models indicate that the propensity to emigrate is particularly pronounced for those with relatively little social connectedness in Australia. Specifically, our results show that first-generation Australians, especially those with relatively short durations in the country, have substantially higher emigration rates than later-generation Australians. Similarly, having a partner with deeper generational roots in Australia strongly reduces the likelihood to emigrate. At the same time, our analysis also shows that economic position matters, with the not employed having higher risks of emigration. Perhaps most interestingly, estimates from our models reveal that those with university degrees are much more likely to emigrate than individuals with lower levels of education; a finding that is true for both first- and later-generation Australians.
Subjects: 
Australian demography
immigration
emigration
HILDA data
Cox proportional model
JEL: 
J1
J6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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