International migration and the changing nature of settlements at the edge

Golebiowska, Kate; Carter, Thomas; Boyle, Alicia; Taylor, Andrew

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“…Migration to remote and very remote locations consequently is not considered in this paper. Likewise, the substantial impact of recent overseas immigrants on the geographic distribution of health and other professionals in Australia warrants separate attention (Golebiowska et al 2016;Negin et al 2013;Terry, Woodroffe and Ogden 2013). Hence, professionals who had arrived in Australia within the past five years were also excluded from this study.…”

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Comparing rural and regional migration patterns of Australian medical general practitioners with other professions: implications for rural workforce strategies

Carson¹,

Punshon²,

McGrail³

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Aust Popul Stud

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Background: The shortage of professional workers in rural and regional Australia continues as a major policy challenge. There has been substantially more strategy investment for the medical general practitioner (GP) profession than for other professions, particularly at the start of their careers. Aims: To examine differences between domestic migration patterns of GPs and other professionals to rural and regional zones in Australia for younger, mid-life and older workers. Data and methods: Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2011 Census were used to examine five-year migration rates for professionals in five ABS occupational classifications: generalist medical practitioners (GPs); engineering professionals; legal professionals; education professionals; and other health professionals. Migration volumes were benchmarked for GPs and compared both for other professions and career stage. Results: GPs were less likely than other professionals to migrate from major urban to rural zones, regional to rural zones, or rural to regional zones. Younger GPs had the highest rural migration rates, while mid-life and older GPs were least likely to migrate to rural and regional zones. In contrast, increasingly age was associated positively with migration to rural zones for those in the other four professions. Conclusions: Despite concerted policy efforts to encourage more GPs to move to rural areas, overall rural migration rates for GPs are lower than for other professionals, especially for older workers. Further investigation of the links between GP migration patterns and workforce policies needs to be undertaken to inform the application or otherwise of workforce strategies used by other professions.

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Comparing rural and regional migration patterns of Australian medical general practitioners with other professions: implications for rural workforce strategies

Carson¹,

Punshon²,

McGrail³

et al. 2017

Aust Popul Stud

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“…International immigrants are increasingly seen as a potential resource for rural communities seeking demographic and economic rejuvenation (Hedberg & Haandrikman, 2014;Stenbacka, 2013;Hugo & Morén-Alegret, 2008). Particularly more remote and sparsely populated peripheries, where settlements are relatively small, dispersed and isolated from major population, service and political centres, may benefit from new flows of international immigrants, as they struggle to attract in-migrants from domestic sources (Munkejord, 2015;Golebiowska et al, 2016). International mobility and immigration can enhance the global connectivity of rural communities and link local economies to external sources of supply and demand, thus facilitating new avenues for economic development in the periphery (Hedberg et al, 2012;Woods, 2007).…”

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International lifestyle immigrants and their contributions to rural tourism innovation: Experiences from Sweden's far north

Carson

2018

Journal of Rural Studies

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This paper discusses the contributions of international lifestyle immigrants to new tourism development and innovation in the sparsely populated north of Sweden. Based on a qualitative case study, the paper examines how lifestyle immigrants contributed as tourism entrepreneurs to the formation of local capital in tourism, and stimulated local learning and innovation spillover through networks of interaction and collaboration. The theoretical framework integrates concepts from rural lifestyle migration, local community development, and local tourism innovation systems. The results document how immigrants emerged as important drivers of new tourism products, processes and markets, and introduced a range of new ideas, skills and external networks to the region. Yet, an in-depth social network analysis reveals that immigrants made more limited contributions to networks, collaborations and knowledge exchange with local tourism stakeholders, thus limiting learning outcomes and innovation spillover at a broader local system level. Reasons for this lack of systemic interaction included socio-cultural distance between immigrants and locals, limited levels of trust and reciprocity, diverging development and lifestyle priorities, and issues around exclusive immigrant networking. Finally, the relevance of the theoretical framework is discussed in relation to its applicability to other immigrant mobilities in sparsely populated rural areas.

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“…To counter this pattern more generally, Golebiowska et al . (, p.76) suggest that policy‐driven efforts to increase migrant numbers and attract migrants away from urban areas to the north has become an important agenda for many governments worldwide. They acknowledge, however, that ‘the small and dispersed nature of population and settlements … is [still] seen as the main barrier to further development’.…”

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Settlements at the Edge—Remote Human Settlements in Developed NationsAndrewTaylor, Dean B.Carson, Prescott C.Ensign, LeeHuskey, Rasmus OleRasmussen and GertrudeSaxinger (editors), Cheltenham, United Kingdom, Edwards Elgar Publishing LTD. 2016, ix + 449 pp, ISBN 9781784711955 (cased), £110

Sherval

2018

Geographical Research

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International migration and the changing nature of settlements at the edge

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Comparing rural and regional migration patterns of Australian medical general practitioners with other professions: implications for rural workforce strategies

Comparing rural and regional migration patterns of Australian medical general practitioners with other professions: implications for rural workforce strategies

International lifestyle immigrants and their contributions to rural tourism innovation: Experiences from Sweden's far north

Settlements at the Edge—Remote Human Settlements in Developed NationsAndrewTaylor, Dean B.Carson, Prescott C.Ensign, LeeHuskey, Rasmus OleRasmussen and GertrudeSaxinger (editors), Cheltenham, United Kingdom, Edwards Elgar Publishing LTD. 2016, ix + 449 pp, ISBN 9781784711955 (cased), £110

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