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An Analysis of the Earnings of Canadian Immigrants
Bloom, David E.; Gunderson, Morley - 2022
, 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 … that the variance of immigrant earnings increases with their duration of stay in Canada, and since there are no …
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Technological Change, Occupational Tasks and Declining Immigrant Outcomes : Implications for Earnings and Income Inequality in Canada
Warman, Casey - 2015
The earnings and occupational task requirements of immigrants to Canada are analyzed. The growing education levels of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020202
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Working Their Way Up? Us Immigrants' Changing Labor Market Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration
Collins, William J. - 2019
Whether immigrants advance in labor markets relative to natives is a fundamental question in immigration economics. It is difficult to answer this question for the Age of Mass Migration, when US immigration was at its peak. New datasets of linked census records show that immigrants experienced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860434
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To the New World and Back Again : Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration
Abramitzky, Ran - 2016
Migration (1850-1913). Return migrants were somewhat negatively selected from the migrant pool: Norwegian immigrants who … moving to the US. Upon returning to Norway, return migrants held higher-paid occupations than Norwegians who never moved … despite being negatively selected, return migrants were able to accumulate savings and improve their economic circumstances …
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You Can'T Take it with You? Immigrant Assimilation and the Portability of Human Capital
Friedberg, Rachel M. - 2021
The national origin of an individual's human capital is a crucial determinant of its value. Education acquired abroad is significantly less valued than education obtained domestically. This difference can fully explain the earnings disadvantage of immigrants relative to comparable natives in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013311198
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Gender and Assimilation Among Mexican Americans
Blau, Francine D. - 2012
Using 1994-2003 CPS data, we study gender and assimilation of Mexican Americans. Sourcecountry patterns, particularly the more traditional gender division of labor in the family in Mexico,strongly influence the outcomes and behavior of Mexican immigrants. On arrival in the UnitedStates,...
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The Educational Attainment of Immigrants : Trends and Implications
Betts, Julian R.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2021
This paper uses the 1970, 1980, and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study trends in educational attainment of immigrants relative to natives. Immigrants have become relatively less highly educated, but have become more highly educated in an absolute sense. The effects of changes in relative educational...
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Poverty Traps, Distance, and Diversity : The Migration Connection
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2014
Within-country ethnic diversity in high-wage immigrant nations is driven by long distance migration. This paper documents the migration-diversity connection for the first global century before 1914 and the second global century after 1950. It distinguishes between ethnic diversity among the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012752106
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Immigration Policy, National Origin, and Immigrant Skills : A Comparison of Canada and the United States
Borjas, George J. - 2021
Over 12 million persons migrated to Canada or the United States between 1959 and 1981. Beginning in the mid?1960s, the … Canada stressing skills. This paper shows that the point system used by Canada generated, on average, a more skilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013249161
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How Do Immigrants Spend Time? : The Process of Assimilation
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2010
Using 2004-2008 data from the American Time Use Survey, we show that sharp differences between the time use of immigrants and natives become noticeable when activities are distinguished by incidence and intensity. We develop a theory of the process of assimilation--what immigrants do with their...
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