Showing 1 - 10 of 816
after immigration, followed by family-based visa recipients, with refugees having the lowest proficiency. These differences … disappear by 3 1/2 years after immigration for speaking skills but they persist for reading and writing skills. The variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005730870
We examine the ability of male immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration … skill requirements of pre- and post-immigration occupations. We find that male immigrants to Canada were employed in source … immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the opposite. These discrepancies are both larger and more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742083
The earnings and occupational task requirements of immigrants to Canada are analyzed. The growing education levels of immigrants in the 1990s have not led to a large improvement in earnings as one might expect if growing computerization was leading to a rising return to non-routine cognitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184449
of Hispanic population growth on rural wages. The analysis combines approaches from earlier immigration-impact studies … shift factors and other area-specific factors that often are not included in immigration studies are important. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989517
immigration will be largest immediately upon the immigrants' arrival, and may become smaller as the labor market adjusts to the … supply shock. Conversely, if immigrants upon arrival are poor substitutes for natives, the initial effect of immigration is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010573245
This paper examines the nature and the length of economic adjustments to selected structural reforms, drawing on a variety of approaches: descriptive analysis and simulations using Dynamic General Equilibrium and macro-economic neo-Keynesian models. The descriptive analysis suggests that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046200
Using data that represent the six-digit North American Industrial Classification System-classified industries that comprise the US manufacturing sector and that span the years 1989–2005, we test the validity of the smooth adjustment hypothesis (SAH). To our knowledge, this is the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011130182
This tenth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains six articles. Topics covered are: the puzzling recent behaviour of labour productivity in Canada; an international perspective on Canada's productivity performance since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518979
The ninth issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains six articles. Topics covered are: the magnitude of the Canada-U.S. productivity gap at the industry level; productivity puzzles facing researchers; the link between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518986
participation that highlights the contribution of many factors to the observed dynamics as well as the immigration status. Plusieurs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079454