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 …

model of skilled immigration policy. Our estimates suggest unambiguously smaller beneficial impacts of increasing the …

verify this result for recent immigrants to Canada for whom a strong network is captured by the presence of a 'close tie …

model of skilled immigration policy. Our estimates suggest unambiguously smaller beneficial impacts of increasing the …