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Immigration and Location Choices of Native-Born Workers in Canada
Aydede, Yigit - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
There are two competing views on how immigration would affect local labor markets. When immigrants offer skills similar to those of native-born workers, they may compete directly with them, and this competition may lead to lower economic returns for native-born workers. This view can be called...
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Labour Market Matters - June 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
According to the standard economic model of crime, which assumes that individuals are rational decisions makers who consider the opportunity cost of crime and take into account the possibility of getting caught and punished; the concern that immigration can cause increases in crime is warranted,...
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How Do Families and Unattached Individuals Respond to Layoffs? Evidence from Canada
Morissette, René; Ostrovsky, Yuri - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
Using data from a large Canadian longitudinal dataset, we examine whether earnings of wives and teenagers increase in response to layoffs experienced by husbands. We find virtually no evidence of an “added worker effect†for the earnings of teenagers. However, we find that among...
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Earnings Losses of Displaced Older Workers: Accounting for the Retirement Option
Schirle, Tammy - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
following displacement. Results indicate that self-selection is an important factor to consider when studying the earnings of … older workers but does not bias estimates of earnings losses due to displacement. Further, the results suggest that workers … over 50 do not face larger earnings losses upon displacement than 35-49 year olds. Losses are only slightly larger than …
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Castes and Labor Mobility
Hnatkovska, Viktoria V.; Lahiri, Amartya; Paul, Sourabh … - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010
How have the poorest sections of society in India responded to the rapid changes in the Indian economy over the past 30 years? We examine this question by contrasting the fortunes of the historically disadvantaged scheduled castes and tribes (SC/ST) in India with the rest of the workforce in...
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Have Employment Patterns of Older Displaced Workers Improved Since the Late 1970s?
Chen, Wen-Hao; Morissette, René - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010
In this paper, we document the post-displacement employment patterns observed between 1979 and 2004 for displaced … displaced from manufacturing. These lower re-employment rates suggest that, following displacement, aggregate working hours …
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Should I Stay or Should I Go…North? First Job Location of U.S. Trained Doctorates 1957-2005
Ferrall, Christopher; Natalia, Mishagina - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
Based on a survey of graduating PhD students in the U.S., we study the determinants of location of their first jobs. We consider how locating in Canada versus the U.S. for all graduates is influenced by both their background and time­-varying factors that affect international mobility. We...
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Intergenerational Effects of Disability Benefits - Evidence from Canadian Social Assistance Programs
Chen, Kelly; Osberg, Lars; Phipps, Shelley - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
Using Statistics Canada's National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this paper presents the first evidence on whether increased disability benefits reduce the negative consequences of parental disability on children’s well-being. Using a continuous...
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Labour Market Matters - December 2013
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
The Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) represents one of the largest transfer programs administered by the Canadian government, representing 4.5 percent of federal transfers to individuals. The UCCB – which provides $100 monthly to parents for every child under six years of age –...
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Economic Benefits of Studying Economics in Canada: A Comparison of Wages of Economics Majors with those in Other Disciplines Circa 2005
Akbari, Ather H.; Aydede, Yigit - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
In universities across many western countries, student enrolments in economics discipline rose sharply towards the end of last decade but not in Canada. One reason for this outcome may be the continued perception of Canadian students of a lower economic reward to an economics degree. Using micro...
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