participation and creating worker shortages in high-demand industries. In this context, immigration will help reduce costs in key … inequality. Reforms should therefore modestly increase overall immigration over time, while shifting its composition somewhat …

I study the impact of Canada's expansive immigration policy launched in 2016 on labour shortages in six regions of the …, and after the 2020-2021 pandemic. Since immigration not only expands the supply of labour, but also adds to the demand for …-sense belief that more immigration contributes to reducing economy-wide labour scarcity is wrong and constitutes a dangerous …

We document a steady decline in low-skilled immigration that began with the onset of the Great Recession in 2007, which … estimate a stochastic growth model with endogenous immigration and training to account for these facts and study macroeconomic … performance and welfare. Lower immigration leads to higher wages for low-skilled workers and higher consumer prices. Importantly …