Although the theoretical literature often uses lobbying and corruption synonymously, the empirical literature … associates lobbying with the preferred mean for exerting influence in developed countries and corruption with the preferred one … between bribing and lobbying. We test our predictions using survey data for about 6000 firms in 26 countries. Our results …

Immigrants ascend to citizenship at differential rates in Canada. Why is this so? This paper investigates the economic …

Canada?s treasury circa 1996 over their life cycle. Naturalized citizens from OECD countries contributed the largest public …

This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 … Census. Earnings are shown to increase with schooling, pre-immigration experience and duration in Canada, as well as with … in Canada on earnings. …

. Workplace effects, however, reduce the wage gap by 14.5% in Canada and increase the gap by 3.2% in Britain. …

We examine the evolution of the returns to human capital in Canada over the period 1980-2005. Our main finding is that …