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Impacts of the Point System and Immigration Policy Levers on Skill Characteristics of Canadian Immigrants
Beach, Charles; Green, Alan G.; Worswick, Christopher - 2006
This paper examines how changes in immigration policy levers actually affect the skill characteristics of immigrant arrivals using a unique Canadian immigrant landings database. We first review the Canadian experience with a point system as part of its immigrant policy. Section III of the paper...
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Canadian Immigration Experience: Any Lessons for Europe?
DeVoretz, Don J.; Laryea, Samuel A. - 1999
This paper reviews and analyzes the effects of Canada?s post World War II immigration policies with the perspective of … well as, immigrants? labor market experiences are discussed. The advantages of Canada?s equal share rule of the allocation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262284
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Emigration from the UK, 1870-1913 and 1950-1998
Hatton, Timothy J. - 2003
The international labour market has not been ?globalised? to the same degree over the last 40 years as have international markets for goods and capital. Immigration policies in developed economies clearly hinder the mobility of labour. But how much difference does it actually make? This paper...
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Immigration policy and entrepreneurship
Mahuteau, Stéphane; Piracha, Matloob; Tani, Massimiliano; … - 2011
This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australia's immigration policy, introduced in the mid-1990s, on migrants' probability of becoming entrepreneurs. The policy change consists of stricter entry requirements and restrictions to welfare entitlements. The results indicate that those who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286897
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Canadian Immigration Policy and Immigrant Economic Outcomes: Why the Differences in Outcomes between Sweden and Canada?
Picot, Garnett; Sweetman, Arthur - 2011
Immigrants to Canada enjoy labour market outcomes that are more favourable than those for their counterparts in Sweden …. In an effort to understand these gaps, Canada's immigration policy and outcomes are contrasted to the Swedish immigration … deteriorated significantly in Canada since the 1980s, as they have in many western countries including Sweden. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331375
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The potential of Canada's international student strategy: Evidence from the "MIT of the north"
Blit, Joel; Skuterud, Mikal; Zhang, Ruiwen - 2024
A key objective of Canada's International Education Strategy (2014) isto leverage Canada's postsecondary institutions … boost economic growth. However, evidence suggests that Canada's former international students experience significant labour …' grades, with immigration data from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada and T1 income tax returns from the Canada …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015066203
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Self-confirming immigration policy
Giordani, Paolo E.; Ruta, Michele - 2012
We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this interaction multiple equilibria may arise,...
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Top Ten Myths and Fallacies Regarding Immigration
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009
This paper analyzes what the author views as the current top ten myths and fallacies regarding immigration and immigration policy in the United States.
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Immigration: High Skilled vs. Low Skilled Labor?
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2011
This policy analysis paper explores the implications for the host country population of alternative immigration policies. The two immigration options considered are a policy based on admitting primarily high-skilled workers and another that has the effect of admitting primarily low-skilled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331408
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Tradable immigration quotas
Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús; Rapoport, Hillel - 2011
International migration is maybe the single most effective way to alleviate poverty at a global level. When a given host country allows more immigrants in, this creates costs and benefits for that particular country as well as a positive externality for all those (individuals and governments)...
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