We study the short-term trajectories of employment, hours worked, and real wages of immigrants in Canada and the U … growth in employment and wages in the U.S. than in Canada. We further compare longitudinal and cross-sectional trajectories … average immigrant men in Canada do not experience any relative growth in these three outcomes compared to men born in Canada …

earnings in Canada. When looking at the pattern for women, we find only minor differences in the age-earning relationships …

subsidy offered to long-term welfare recipients in Canada. Single parents who started working in response to the SSP incentive …. They also earn relatively low wages in their first few months of work: typically within $1 of the minimum wage. Despite …

evidence of a small to moderate assimilation effect that suggests that immigrants make up for relatively low entry wages …, although the wage catch-up is not complete until 13 to 22 years after entry into Canada. These results are revealed clearly in … quality of immigrants' labor market skills declined following changes in Canada's immigration policies in 1974 that led to a …

employment consequences of NHI in Canada, using the fact that NHI was introduced on a staggered basis across the Canadian … provinces. We examine monthly data on employment, wages, and hours across 8 industries and 10 provinces over the 1961- 1975 … period. We find that employment actually rose after the introduction of NHI; wages increased as well, while average hours …

This paper examines educational earnings differentials in Canada in the 1980s and compares changes in differentials to … those in the United States. Our major finding is that the college/high school differential increased much less in Canada … gaps narrowed, and age pay gaps increased in Canada as in the United States. The greater growth of the college graduate …