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The impact of immigration on housing prices in Australia

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  • Morteza Moallemi
  • Daniel Melser

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In recent years, Australia has experienced high rates of immigration. We investigate the effect that this has had on housing prices at the postcode level. The endogeneity of immigrant inflows is accounted for using the Bartik shift‐share approach. Using data from the censuses in 2006, 2011, and 2016, we find that an immigrant inflow of 1% of a postcode's population raises housing prices by around 0.9% per year. As a result, Australian housing prices would have been around 1.1% lower per annum had there been no immigration. The size of this effect is broadly consistent with that found for other countries. The effects of immigration on housing prices were larger in the more recent part of the period examined and strongest in the states of New South Wales and Victoria, and the cities of Melbourne and Adelaide. Chinese and Indian immigrant groups are shown to have a strong positive influence on prices. En los últimos años, Australia ha experimentado altas tasas de inmigración. Se investigó el efecto que esto ha tenido en los precios de la vivienda a nivel de código postal. La endogeneidad de los influjos de inmigrantes se contabiliza mediante el enfoque de shift‐share de Bartik. Mediante el uso de datos de los censos de 2006, 2011 y 2016, se encontró que una afluencia de inmigrantes equivalente al 1% de la población de un código postal aumenta los precios de la vivienda en alrededor de un 0,9% al año. Como resultado, los precios de la vivienda en Australia habrían sido alrededor de un 1,1% más bajos por año si no hubiera habido inmigración. La magnitud de este efecto es similar, en general, a la de otros países. Los efectos de la inmigración en los precios de la vivienda fueron mayores en la parte más reciente del período examinado y más fuertes en los estados de Nueva Gales del Sur y Victoria, y en las ciudades de Melbourne y Adelaida. El estudio demuestra que los grupos de inmigrantes chinos e indios tienen una fuerte influencia positiva en los precios. 近年、オーストラリアへの移住率が高くなっているが、本稿では、ポストコード別地域レベルでの住宅価格に対するその影響を調査する。移民流入の内生性は、Bartikのシフト・シェア法により説明される。2006、2011、2016年の国勢調査のデータから、あるポストコードの人口の1%の移民が流入すると、そのコードの地域の住宅価格はおよそ0.9%上昇することが分かる。結果的に、移民流入が全くなければ、オーストラリアの住宅価格は、1年当たりでおよそ1.1%低かったはずである。この影響の規模は他国に認められる影響と大きく一致している。住宅価格に対する移民流入の影響は、調査対象期間が最近になるに従ってより大きく、ニュー・サウス・ウェールズ州、ヴィクトリア州、メルボルン市、アデレード市で特に強い。中国系およびインド系の移民集団が、価格に対して強い正の影響を及ぼしている。

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  • Morteza Moallemi & Daniel Melser, 2020. "The impact of immigration on housing prices in Australia," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 99(3), pages 773-786, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:99:y:2020:i:3:p:773-786
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12497
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