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"Although economic theory predicts an inverse relation between relative wages and immigration-induced supply shifts, it has been difficult to document such effects. The weak evidence may be partly due to sampling error in a commonly used measure of the supply shift, the immigrant share of the...
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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 …
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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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different countries, examines social and labor market policies in Canada and the United States during the 1980s. It shows that … significantly affected economic outcomes in the two countries. For example: -Canada's social safety net, more generous than the … American one, produced markedly lower poverty rates in the 1980s. -Canada saw a smaller increase in earnings inequality than …
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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 …
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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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