Using data from the 2003 Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) this report addresses the third research question of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage project (LP120100212), namely: How do these pathways play out in terms of spatial mobility and what role does mobility play in the choices individuals make? It does so by seeking answers to a common debate in migration studies. Migrants are normally expected to do better than those [who] stayed behind in the home community (Greenwood 1997; Cushing and Poot 2004). Migrants are expected to enjoy higher levels of wellbeing, hav
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Using data from the 2003 Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) this report addresses the third research question of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage project (LP120100212), namely: How do these pathways play out in terms of spatial mobility and what role does mobility play in the choices individuals make? It does so by seeking answers to a common debate in migration studies. Migrants are normally expected to do better than those [who] stayed behind in the home community (Greenwood 1997; Cushing and Poot 2004). Migrants are expected to enjoy higher levels of wellbeing, have higher income, access to better education and employment opportunities, reflecting the individual aspirations underlying the decision to migrate (UN 2009). However, it is less clear if migrants do better than people in the host community (Herzog and Schlottmann 1984; Newbold 2012). Migrants may struggle more as they endeavour to build a social network and to adapt to their new place of residence, but they may also be more motivated and determined to enhance their human capital and labour market outcomes (Herzog and Schlottmann 1984).
To contribute to this debate, [the authors] examine differences in the main educational and employment pathways and early labour market outcomes between three groups of school leavers. [The authors] first analyse differences between young students starting off in regional Victoria who moved to a major Australian city after leaving school (regional movers), and those who stayed in regional Victoria (regional stayers). [The authors] seek to establish whether students moving from regional Victoria do better than those staying on. Second, [the authors] explore differences between regional movers and students who started off and stayed in Melbourne (Melbourne stayers) to determine whether regional students moving to Melbourne do better than those locally educated and employed.
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