Spatial Mobility Patterns of Overseas Graduates in Australia

The shifting labour market position of international graduates in Australia

“…Similar patterns have also been observed for the spatial distribution of international graduates: they are highly concentrated in the metropolitan areas of the eastern states during their study, especially the major cities of New South Wales and Victoria (Tang et al 2016).…”

“…Recently, several studies have examined the retention of international graduates in Australia and their subsequent labour market integration from a geographical perspective (Rowe et al 2013;Tang et al 2014Tang et al , 2016. These works have tended to focus on the spatial distribution of international students and their mobility patterns after course completion, specifically, their locational choices to access employment in the Australian labour market.…”

“…Several studies have examined the post-graduation mobility patterns of international graduates in Australia (Rowe et al 2013;Tang et al 2014Tang et al , 2016. Specifically, Rowe et al (2013) and Tang et al (2016) studied the spatial redistribution of international graduates following course completion. They found that international graduates generally remain in the state or territory where they studied, but are inclined to move across the urban hierarchy to metropolitan areas for employment.…”

“…Nevertheless, no efforts have been devoted to investigating the relationship between geographic mobility and labour market outcomes amongst international graduates in Australia. Instead, prior research has studied the mobility and workplace choices of international graduates in isolation from their labour market performance (Rowe et al 2013;Tang et al 2014Tang et al , 2016. This chapter fills these gaps in knowledge by examining the capacity of geographic mobility to improve the labour market performance of international graduates who stayed in Australia.…”

“…Previous research has offered valuable insights into the unfavourable labour market outcomes of international graduates who remained in Australia, while the analyses presented in this thesis thus far have provided a new understanding with respect to their deteriorating labour market position over the past two decades. In addition to examining patterns, trends and changes in their labour market experiences, researchers have demonstrated a growing interest in the post-graduation geographic mobility of international graduates in transition to the Australian labour market -specifically, their mobility and workplace choices (Rowe et al 2013;Tang et al 2014Tang et al , 2016. This new area of research coincides with recent policy interest in the role of geographic mobility on labour market performance in Australia.…”