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Canada's immigration system is currently undergoing significant change driven by several goals that include (1) a … market shortages often associated with commodity booms, and (3) a desire to shift immigration away from the three largest … cities to other regions of the country. These goals reflect the implementation of new immigration programs in the 2000s. The …
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Canada's immigration system is currently undergoing significant change driven by several goals that include (1) a … market shortages often associated with commodity booms, and (3) a desire to shift immigration away from the three largest … cities to other regions of the country. These goals reflect the implementation of new immigration programs in the 2000s. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013042968
We simulate the impact of an increase in immigration into the Atlantic provinces based on the FOCUS macro … immigration for the country as a whole. The positive outcome encompasses higher GDP and GDP per capita, higher consumption, and …
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We explore the impact of one of the earlier epidemics to hit natives living in the Hudson Bay drainage basin: the smallpox outbreak of 1780-82. We review contemporary descriptions of the epidemic and how Europeans at the time viewed its impact on the native population of the region. We then...
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We explore the impact of one of the earlier epidemics to hit natives living in the Hudson Bay drainage basin: the smallpox outbreak of 1780-82. We review contemporary descriptions of the epidemic and how Europeans at the time viewed its impact on the native population of the region. We then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951073
Using data for six OECD countries, this paper studies the effect of macroeconomic conditions on the mortality index kt in the well-known Lee-Carter model. Significant correlations are found with real GDP growth rates in Australia, Canada, and the United States, and with unemployment rate changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796260
This paper studies the interaction between the decrease in the gender pay gap and the stagnation in the careers of younger workers, analyzing data from the United States, Italy, Canada, and the United Kingdom. We propose a model of the labor market in which a larger supply of older workers can...
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Using data for six OECD countries, this paper studies the effect of macroeconomic conditions on the mortality index kt in the well-known Lee-Carter model. Significant correlations are found with real GDP growth rates in Australia, Canada, and the United States, and with unemployment rate changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265670
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, were important in immigration decisions, whereas family and friendship considerations were important in return migration …
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