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Preparing for Success in Canada and the United States: the Determinants of Educational Attainment Among the Children of Immigrants
Hou, Feng; Picot, Garnett - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010
This paper reviews the recent research on the determinants of the educational attainment among the children of immigrants (the 2nd generation) in Canada and the United States. The focus is on the gap in educational attainment between the 2nd and 3rd-and-higher generations (the children of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509637
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Temporary Foreign Workers and Former International Students as a Source of Permanent Immigration
Sweetman, Arthur; Warman, Casey - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
adjustable under the current Canadian points system, we find that TFWs and students have better earning and employment outcomes …, although by four years after landing, there is no difference between the employment outcomes of students or earnings of TFWs … earning and employment outcomes of the spouse. Next we examine the outcomes of immigrants based on entry class separately by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003896
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Marché du travail en revue - Décembre 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
Le fait de ne parler ni anglais ni français constitue souvent un obstacle important pour un emploi et un revenu rémunérateurs au Canada et, selon une étude intitulée « Effets de la proximité linguistique sur l’assimilation professionnelle des immigrants hommes » (Rapport de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184374
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The effect of linguistic proximity on the occupational assimilation of immigrant men
Adsera, Alicia; Ferrer, Ana - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
This paper contributes to the analysis of the integration of immigrants in the Canadian labour market by focusing in two relatively new dimensions. We combine the large samples of the restricted version of the Canadian Census (1991-2006) with both a novel measure of linguistic proximity of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184379
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Marché du travail en revue - Octobre 2012
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012
Au Canada, environ 20 % des emplois sont réglementés. En moyenne, ces emplois sont mieux rémunérés car ils exigent en général un meilleur niveau d’éducation ou de formation et la réglementation contrôlant l’accès à ces emplois tend à en restreindre l’admission. La politique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184401
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Labour Market Matters - December 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
While not speaking either English or French is widely understood to be a serious barrier to employment and gainful …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184407
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Technological Change and Declining Immigrant Outcomes, Implications for Income Inequality in Canada
Warman, Casey; Worswick, Christopher - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
The earnings and occupational task requirements of immigrants to Canada are analyzed. The growing education levels of immigrants in the 1990s have not led to a large improvement in earnings as one might expect if growing computerization was leading to a rising return to non-routine cognitive...
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Labour Market Matters - October 2012
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012
have worked in high-skilled occupations prior to immigrating. Following immigration however, many do not find employment in …
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Universal Early Childhood Interventions: What is the Evidence Base?
Baker, Michael - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
Universality is a hallmark of Canadian social policy for very young children. The evidence base for these policies is small, non-experimental and offers mixed results. In contrast the evidence base for targeted early childhood interventions is largely experimental and offers strong guidance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363223
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Age at Migration, Language and Fertility Patterns among Migrants to Canada
Ferrer, Ana - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012
This paper explores the fertility patterns of immigrant children to Canada using the 20 percent sample of the Canadian Census from 1991 through 2006. Fertility increases with age at immigration, with a sharp rise for those immigrating in their late teens and this pattern is similar for all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493085