I study the impact of Canada's expansive immigration policy launched in 2016 on labour shortages in six regions of the …, and after the 2020-2021 pandemic. Since immigration not only expands the supply of labour, but also adds to the demand for …-sense belief that more immigration contributes to reducing economy-wide labour scarcity is wrong and constitutes a dangerous …

increase immigration in the coming years to per capita levels not reached since the 1920s. We argue that economic immigration … examine the potential for increases in Canadian immigration levels to achieve this objective. Our analysis suggests that … Canada is not well-positioned to leverage heightened immigration to boost GDP per capita owing primarily to weak capital …

model of skilled immigration policy. Our estimates suggest unambiguously smaller beneficial impacts of increasing the …

I investigate the effects of population ageing on immigration policies. Voters' attitude towards immigrants depends on … how the net gains from immigration are divided up in the society by the fiscal policy. In the theoretical literature this … between immigration and fiscal policies and solve this apparent inconsistency. I show that the elderly and the poor have a …

A century ago, and for most of the twentieth century, Ireland was a land of emigration, not immigration. However, in … immigration and attitudes towards immigrants in the very different Irelands of a century ago and of the present. …