On the Changing Spatial Distribution of Human Capital and Occupation Groups: An Analysis of Recent Trends in Australia’s Main Capital Cities

Francisco Azpitarte, Olga Alonso-Villar and Felipe Hugo-Rojas

No 1903, Working Papers from Universidade de Vigo, Departamento de Economía Aplicada

Abstract: We study changes in the spatial distribution of socioeconomic groups in Australia using a new dataset with harmonised census data for 1991 and 2011. We find a general increase in residential segregation by education and occupation groups across the major capital cities. Importantly, results from our counterfactual analyses show this increase cannot be explained in general by changes in the demographic structure of groups and areas but rather by the rise in the over and underrepresentation of the groups across areas. Our analysis reveals clear diverging trends in the spatial configuration of high and low socioeconomic groups. While high-skilled groups became more concentrated in the inner parts of cities between 1991 and 2011, the low-skilled became increasingly overrepresented in outer areas. This pattern is observed in all five major capital cities but it is especially marked in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.

Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2019-07
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