temporary migrants already in the country as sources of permanent immigration. An overview of key results in the literature on … emphasis on their advantages and disadvantages. The recent immigration policies of a number of major immigrant …-receiving countries such as Canada, the US, and Australia are critically evaluated. The expanded use of skilled temporary foreign workers …

We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … occupations in Canada. We supplement the analysis using Census estimates for the same cohort with source country occupational … immigrants to Canada were employed in source country occupations that typically require high levels of cognitive skills, but rely …

-Americans. The immigration process selects black immigrants who have or who would have achieved middle income or higher status in …

This paper studies the relationship between past immigration experiences of the host country and the way new immigrants … different immigration histories. In both countries, immigrants tend to find their first jobs in low-paying establishments, where … are consistent with the hypothesis that the host country's immigration history plays a limited role in shaping the …

contributors to the welfare system and whether migrants assimilate quickly. The key questions for the home country are whether … migrants return and who returns. The host country gains when unsuccessful migrants leave, while the home country may gain when … successful migrants leave. Empirical evidence reveals that both low-income-earning and high-income-earning migrants leave the …

and the percentage of migrants employed at a workplace. We find wages are lower in workplaces employing a higher … percentage of migrants, but only when those migrants are non-EEA migrants. However, the effects are no longer apparent when we …

analyze the question of wage discrimination among migrants by estimating wage equations for men and women, controlling for … provinces of origin. We find no systemic differences by province of origin in the hourly wages of male and female migrants …. However, in a few specific cases, we find that migrants from a particular province earn significantly less than those from …