Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: David C Maré
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Maré
Author-Email: dave.mare@motu.org.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Author-Name: Ruth M Pinkerton
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Pinkerton
Author-Email: ruth.pinkerton@dpc.vic.gov.au
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Premier and Cabinet
Author-Name: Jacques Poot
Author-X-Name-First: Jacques
Author-X-Name-Last: Poot
Author-Email: jpoot@waikato.ac.nz 
Author-Workplace-Name: National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis
Title: Residential Assimilation of Immigrants: A Cohort Approach
Abstract: This paper measures the process of residential assimilation for three cohorts of immigrants from each of five countries of birth entering Auckland, New Zealand between 1991 and 2006.  It tracks, and compares, the changes in spatial segregation, isolation, and autocorrelation for these cohorts over time, using index measures adjusted for random location variation. We find evidence of residential assimilation, whereby immigrants become less spatially concentrated in the years following arrival. Overall concentration has nevertheless been increasing over time, with successive cohorts entering with higher levels of initial concentration. By examining the spatial location patterns of arrival cohorts, we show that entering cohorts are attracted to the current rather than initial locations occupied by the previous cohort of their compatriots. Despite differences across cohorts and over time, there is nevertheless a high degree of stability in the ‘residential footprint’ of different immigrant groups within Auckland.
Length: 29 pages
Creation-Date:  2015-10
File-URL: https://motu-www.motu.org.nz/wpapers/15_20.pdf
Number: 15_20
Classification-JEL: J61, R23
Keywords: immigration, segregation, residential location, ethnic diversity
Handle: RePEc:mtu:wpaper:15_20