Although economic theory predicts an inverse relation between relative wages and immigration-induced supply shifts, it … increase existing estimates of the wage impact of immigration …

distribution. We test and confirm these implications using a survey of recent immigrants into Canada. We develop a simple …

Canadian immigrants at the time of immigration fall short of the earnings of comparable Canadian-born individuals, and (2 … recent changes in Canadian immigration policy, labor market discrimination against visible minorities, and the prolonged …

Over 12 million persons migrated to Canada or the United States between 1959 and 1981. Beginning in the mid?1960s, the … immigration policies of the two countries began to diverge considerably: the United States stressing family reunification and … Canada stressing skills. This paper shows that the point system used by Canada generated, on average, a more skilled …

relation between immigration and international trade in varieties--that is, the trade of particular goods from particular … geographic areas. We consider the case of Canada, document its impressive experience with import variety growth in the period … from 1988 to 2007, and relate this variety growth to the process of immigration. We find that import varieties grew 76 …

this immigration policy increased the likelihood that U.S.-based immigrants have a start-up in Canada by 69%. Our results …To spur entrepreneurship and economic growth, an increasing number of countries have introduced immigration policies … choice of immigrant founders, by leveraging the introduction of Canada's Start-up Visa Program in 2013. We demonstrate that …

. However, the impact of immigration on natives in self-employment has not been examined, despite the over-representation of … of plausible parameter values, the model predicts small negative effects of immigration on native self-employment rates … and earnings. Using 1980 and 1990 Census microdata, we then examine the relationship between changes in immigration and …

In recent years, the renewed strength of immigration to the United States has sparked a debate about the economic … effects of immigration. A central issue in this debate has been the fiscal impact of immigrants. Most research in this area … fiscal responsibility' is followed, whether there is a fiscal gain from immigration depends on the extent to which government …