We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … occupations in Canada. We supplement the analysis using Census estimates for the same cohort with source country occupational … immigrants to Canada were employed in source country occupations that typically require high levels of cognitive skills, but rely …

model of skilled immigration policy. Our estimates suggest unambiguously smaller beneficial impacts of increasing the …

We explore the evolution and determinants of attitudes towards immigration in Canada, utilizing Canadian Election … until the mid-2000s, followed by a shift around 2008 towards gradually more negative attitudes towards immigration. To … has become increasingly significant in influencing attitudes toward immigration. …

of this paper is to examine educational inequalities among immigrants in eight high immigration countries: Australia …, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA. Results indicate that for almost all countries immigrants … inequalities ; immigration ; PISA ; TIMSS ; PIRLS …

, constituted the primary motivations for Chinese immigrants to move to Canada. Employment and language facilities were the most … hindered integration and increased dissatisfaction with their lives in Canada. Given the logic of our posited triangular …

This paper analyzes the changing characteristics of Chinese immigrants to Canada between 1980 and 2001. It reveals that … recent Chinese immigrants to Canada constitute a substantially different group from those of former years. They are no longer …. Immigrants from Hong Kong and Taiwan shared more commonalities than with those from Mainland China. Given Canada’s time dependent …