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Although immigration has become a major growth factor for Canadian labour force, there is little economic research on … the effect of immigration on native-born Canadians' labour market performance. This paper examines the relationship … of immigration are consistently insignificant or significantly positive. The results are robust to various specifications …
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This paper examines the speed of the occupational adjustment of immigrants using Labour Force Surveys 2004 and 2005 from Statistics Netherlands. The analysis provides new evidence that immigrants start with jobs at the lower levels of skill distribution. Their occupational achievement improves...
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in immigration. Our simulations generally yield positive impacts on such factors as real GDP and GDP per capita …
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hardly affect the migration decision. When analysing country choice, countries such as the USA, Canada and Australia appear …
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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 …
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this acquired human capital in the niche area (Quebec) or the rest of Canada (ROC). The individual move stay-decision in … migration decision for both the foreign-born and Canadian-born populations in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada …
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, 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 …
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skilled immigrants resulted from a series of distinct labour market policies adopted by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and …This paper identifies the types of immigrants that Canada has recruited to foster modern Canadian economic development … and assesses how effective Canada has been in recruiting and retaining these required immigrants in the 21st century …
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model of skilled immigration policy. Our estimates suggest unambiguously smaller beneficial impacts of increasing the …
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earnings across immigration classes and categories of Canadians at birth. Adult immigrants, including those assessed by the …
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