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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 both the pseudo-longitudinal and … skills declined following changes in Canada's immigration policies in 1974 that led to a sharp increase in the proportion of …
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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 …
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In this paper, we simulate the long-run effects of migrant flows on wages of high-skilled and low-skilled non … 2000. We find that all European countries experienced a decrease in their average wages and a worsening of their wage …: positive on average wages and reducing wage inequality of non-movers. These patterns hold true using a range of parameters for …
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This paper analyzes the way in which the earnings of the immigrant population may be expected to differ from the earnings of the native population because of the endogeneity of the migration decision. The conditions that determine the nature of the self -selection are derived and depend on...
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received their K-12 education domestically). We obtain similar results for immigrant sorting in Canada, which supports our …
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significant inverse relation between immigrant-induced shifts in labor supply and wages in each of the three countries: A 10 … percent labor supply shift is associated with a 3 to 4 percent opposite-signed change in wages. Despite the similarity in the … migration narrowed wage inequality in Canada; increased it in the United States; and reduced the relative wage of workers at the …
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between job tenure, wages and mobility. Both "job duration dependence" and "heterogeneity bias" are implied by this theory …
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Two prominent features of international labor movements are that the more educated are more likely to emigrate (positive selection) and more-educated migrants are more likely to settle in destination countries with high rewards to skill (positive sorting). Using data on emigrant stocks by...
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country characteristics that lead to high wages at the time of entry also lead to faster wage growth …
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on the level and change in immigrant-native wage differences in Canada. We focus on immigrants who arrived in the early … earnings inequality in Canada and contribute to the average earnings gap between immigrants and natives. In the decade after …
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