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First and second generation immigrant educational attainment and labor market outcomes : a comparison of the United States and Canada
Aydemir, Abdurrahman (contributor);  … - 2006
to the United States and Canada are compared. These countries' immigration flows have large differences in source … countries, scale and timing, and Canada has a much larger policy emphasis on skilled workers. Following from these, the … educational attainment of US immigrants is currently lower than that in Canada and the intergenerational transmission of education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003373396
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The portability of new immigrants' human capital : language, education and occupational matching
Goldmann, Gustave; Sweetman, Arthur; Warman, Casey - 2011
post-immigration occupational matching - for earnings are explored for new immigrants to Canada. Given the importance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310926
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Intergenerational income transmission : new evidence from Canada
Chen, Wen-hao; Ostrovsky, Yuri; Piraino, Patrizio - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011487903
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The impact of placing adolescent males into foster care on their education, income assistance and incarcerations
Warburton, William P.; Warburton, Rebecca N.; Sweetman, … - 2011
Understanding the causal impacts of taking youth on the margins of risk into foster care is an element of the evidence-base on which policy development for this crucial function of government relies. Yet, there is little research looking at these causal impacts; neither is there much empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124730
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Innovation in immigrant-owned firms in Canada
Ostrovsky, Yuri; Picot, Garnett - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012225766
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Trends in absolute income mobility in North America and Europe
Manduca, Robert; Hell, Maximilian; Adermon, Adrian; … - 2020
Canada saw upward mobility rates near 50% for recent cohorts, while countries like Norway and Finland saw sustained rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248892
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Balancing family and work : transition to self-employment among new mothers
Jeon, Sung-Hee; Ostrovsky, Yuri - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011567201
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Basic information and communication technology skills among Canadian immigrants and non-immigrants
Truong, N. T. Khuong; Sweetman, Arthur - 2018
Male immigrants are observed to be disproportionately employed in ICT information and communication technology (ICT) industries and occupations. A measure of basic ICT skills is employed to document differences in skill levels and labour market earnings across immigration classes and categories...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906479
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The financing of immigrant-owned firms in Canada
Leung, Danny; Ostrovsky, Yuri; Picot, Garnett - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863634