Dans cet article, on analyse le lien entre la qualite de l'education que les immigrants ont recue dans leur pays d'origine, tel que mesuree par les resultats aux examens internationaux, et leur degre de reussite sur le marche du travail canadien.

In Canada's federal system for economic (skilled) class immigrant selection, education is treated as if it is homogeneous and only differs in quantity. Some provinces, however, differentiate based on postsecondary field of study. This study explores the economic implications of field of study...

This paper reviews the increase in the earnings gap between immigrants and Canadian-born over the past two decades, and the current explanations of this labour market deterioration among recent immigrants in particular. The paper also outlines the rising gap in low-income rates between...

Le secteur de la technologie de pointe a ete l'une des principales sources de la reprise economique au Canada a la fin des annees 1990. Il est bien connu que le vent a tourne soudainement en 2001, lorsque la tendance ascendante de l'emploi et des gains dans ce secteur s'est brusquement...

En utilisant le Fichier de donnees longitudinales sur la main d'oeuvre de Statistique Canada, nous examinons les pertes de gains a court et a long terme concernant un important echantillon (10 %) de travailleurs canadiens qui ont perdu leur emploi en raison de la fermeture d'une entreprise ou...

Many studies have examined the relative success of immigrant men in the (primarily paid) workforce. Despite the fact that they represent approximately one-sixth of the immigrant workforce, self-employed immigrants are a relatively understudied group. This study uses the 1981, 1986, 1991, and...

A l'aide des donnees de recensement de 1980 a 2000, on examine quelles seraient les conditions necessaires pour que les cohortes de nouveaux immigrants parviennent a la parite de gains avec les travailleurs nes au Canada. Selon les resultats, il faudrait que les gains des nouveaux immigrants...

Dans le systeme federal canadien de selection des immigrants (qualifies) appartenant a la categorie economique, les etudes postsecondaires sont traitees comme s'il s'agissait d'un element homogene, toute variation se situant sur le seul plan quantitatif. Toutefois, certaines provinces...

Using Statistics Canada's Longitudinal Worker File, we document short-term and long-term earnings losses for a large (10%) sample of Canadian workers who lost their job through firm closures or mass layoffs during the late 1980s and the 1990s. Our use of a nationally representative sample allows...

Using census data covering the 1980 to 2000 period, we examine what outcomes would be necessary for cohorts of recent immigrants to achieve earnings parity with Canadian-born workers. Our results show that today's recent immigrants would have to experience a drastic rise of their relative...