Rising Immigration and Falling Native-Born Home Ownership: A Spatial Econometric Analysis for New Zealand

Chao Li (), John Gibson and Geua Boe-Gibson
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Chao Li: University of Auckland

Working Papers in Economics from University of Waikato

Abstract: In the last two decades the foreign-born share of New Zealand’s population has risen far faster than in other rich countries, raising questions about impacts on the native-born population. We apply spatial econometric models to a three-wave panel of 1851 census area units to examine impacts of higher foreign-born population shares on home ownership rates for the native-born. A standard deviation higher foreign-born share is associated with a one-sixth of a standard deviation lower ownership rate for the native-born. Much of the impact is indirect, with higher foreign-born shares in one area spilling over into lower native-born ownership rates elsewhere.

Keywords: immigration; home ownership; spatial spillovers; New Zealand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2021-03-31
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