ABSTRACT An important policy question in Australia is whether regions can attract workforce and population with current policy settings, or whether there are additional social aspects of people’s affinity for regions that may limit migration to regional centres. Using the results of a national household survey, this article tests the extent to which the propensity for internal migration varies between city and metropolitan populations. A series of experiments were used to evaluate the relative importance of factors relevant to relocation or commuting to different types of regional centres, as well as the salary increases required. Only about five percent of the workforce were identified as highly mobile, while more than half of the workforce were not prepared to move no matter what increase in salary is offered. Large salary increases would be required to encourage the “average” employee to move to regional areas, especially from metropolitan locations, with larger salary increases required for long-distance commuting.

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影响澳大利亚人口和劳动力流动的因素：地区亲和力下降的未来？

摘要在澳大利亚，一个重要的政策问题是，在当前的政策环境下，地区是否可以吸引劳动力和人口，或者人们对地区的亲和力是否存在其他社会方面的因素，这可能会限制移民到地区中心。本文使用全国家庭调查的结果，测试了城市人口和大城市人口内部迁移倾向的变化程度。使用了一系列实验来评估与搬迁或通勤到不同类型的区域中心相关的因素的相对重要性，以及所需的加薪。只有大约5％的劳动力被认为具有高度流动性，而无论提供什么薪水增长，超过一半的劳动力都不准备动工。