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literature. This paper identifies the causal linkages between immigration and crime using panel data constructed from the Uniform … that immigration is associated with higher crime rates. …-born population increases crime. Despite the heated public discussion, the immigrant-crime relationship is understudied in the …
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immigration can cause increases in crime is warranted, considering the fact that there is much empirical evidence that suggest the …€œImmigration and Crime: Evidence from Canada†(CLSRN Working Paper no. 135) analyses the relationship between immigration and crime …According to the standard economic model of crime, which assumes that individuals are rational decisions makers who …
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affilié du RCCMTC Haimin Zhang (Université de la Colombie-Britannique) et intitulée « L’immigration et le crime : éléments de … rationnelle, en considérant le coût d’opportunité du crime et en tenant compte de la possibilité d’être pris et puni, on se pose … la question de savoir si l’immigration peut augmenter le taux de criminalité, quand on considère le fait qu’il existe des …
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This paper studies the role played by linguistic enclaves on the economic integration of immigrants to Canada …. Linguistic enclaves are defined as groups of people who are similar with respect to languages used on their jobs. A five category … classification of major types of linguistic enclaves is produced, using responses to two questions on the Canadian 2006 census of …
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In this paper, we develop a model of law enforcement with the possibility of corruption between enforcers and potential offenders. We study how the violation rate changes with the level of the fine imposed on violations. We find, in contrast to the conventional wisdom, that the fine level that...
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There is growing international interest in a Canadian-style points system for selecting economic immigrants. Although existing points systems have been influenced by the human capital literature, the findings have traditionally been incorporated in an ad hoc way. This paper explores a formal...
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Higher after-tax returns to skill in U.S. states compared to Canadian provinces have raised the issue that higher skilled Canadian workers especially will find migration to the U.S. economically attractive, and especially so after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), provisions of...
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In earlier work (Oreopoulos, 2009), thousands of resumes were sent in response to online job postings across Toronto to investigate why Canadian immigrants struggle in the labor market. The findings suggested significant discrimination by name ethnicity and city of experience. This follow-up...
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age dimensions of immigration to Canada since 1980, and the evolution of policies directed towards older immigrants (i ….e., immigration selection, and eligibility for age-related social security programs). Second, using the SCF and SLID surveys spanning …
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We investigate whether immigrant and minority workers’ poor access to high-wage jobs— that is, glass ceilings— is attributable to poor access to jobs in high-wage …rms, a phenomenon we call glass doors. Our analysis uses linked employer-employee data to measure mean- and...
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