Current Research Projects
Economic projects
Project title
Emigration from Australia - Economic Implications
Objectives of the study
The study investigates out-movement of people from Australia on a permanent and long-term basis. It looks at the following groups:
- settler loss whereby former immigrants leave Australia to return to their home country or settle in a third nation
- Australia-born persons intending to settle more or less permanently elsewhere
- overseas-born persons who entered Australia on a long-term visa - and subsequently leave the country
- Australia-born persons leaving Australia on a long-term basis (greater than one year) but intending to eventually return to the country.
The report confirms that Australia enjoys a substantial brain gain across virtually all skill groups. The report finds that only 4.1 per cent of migrants surveyed six months after arrival had left again after three and a half years.
Funding
The research project was funded through an Australian Research Council (ARC) Strategic Partnership with Industry Research and Training (SPIRT) Grant to Adelaide University, together with industry partner Committee for Economic Development of Australia.
Researcher
Professor Graeme Hugo, Dianne Rudd and Kevin Harris, University of Adelaide
Publication status
Report released July 2001 and is available from the research publications section of this website.
See: Research Publications
Further information
For further information, please contact Research and Statistics
Section.
Telephone: 02 6264 3395
Email: research@immi.gov.au