Incentives for relocating to regional Australia: estimates using a choice experiment

How individual and job characteristics are related to a willingness to move location for work is the focus of this study, which is unique in that it estimates the monetary value of incentives required. A discrete choice experiment analyses the stated preferences of a sample of people from two states in Australia. The findings indicate that some groups require a wage incentive to move, while others do not. Policies promoting geographic labour mobility are more likely to succeed if demand-side factors such as the skills and experience that employers need are taken into account.

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Authors: Nicholas, Aaron; Shah, Chandra

Published: Adelaide, South Australia, NCVER, 2014

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 48 p.

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