The Determinants of Population and Employment Growth in Small Queensland Regions

Bernard Trendle ()
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Bernard Trendle: Department of Education, Training and the Arts, Level 1 Education House, Locked Mailbag 5527 Brisbane Q 4000

Economic Analysis and Policy, 2009, vol. 39, issue 2, 295-307

Abstract: This paper investigates the determination of population and employment changes for the 125 Local Government Areas of Queensland over the 1996–06 period. The intention is to determine the flow of causality from employment to population growth and/or vice versa. Unlike previous similar studies, the role of geographic location is formally investigated using techniques from the field of spatial data analysis. Overall, results of previous research are confirmed, in that there is some evidence of bi-directional causality. However, spatial effects are found to be important in the process of regional growth, with regional economic performance in part, determined by the outcomes experienced in neighbouring regions.

Keywords: regional growth; adjustment; migration; population and employment change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R00 R11 R23 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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