In Canada, the selection of economic immigrants throughout the 1990s and 2000s was based largely on the human capital model of immigration. This model posits that selecting immigrants with high levels of human capital is particularly advantageous in the long run. It is argued that higher...

An emerging area of subjective well-being (SWB) research is centered on the differences in the levels of SWB both across countries and among geographic regions within a country. The consideration of geographic differences would extend our knowledge about the determinants of SWB from "internal"...

The annual level of immigration is one of the most critical components of a country's immigration policy. It is difficult to directly compare the costs and benefits of changing immigration levels because immigration can serve multiple goals. However, some narrowly-defined effects can be...

Au Canada, au cours des annees 1990 et des annees 2000, la selection des immigrants economiques s?est appuyee principalement sur le modele d?immigration axe sur le capital humain. Ce modele a pour premisse que selectionner des immigrants dont le niveau de capital humain est eleve est...

Le niveau annuel d'immigration est l'une des composantes les plus importantes de la politique d'immigration d'un pays. Il est difficile de comparer directement les couts et les avantages de la modification des niveaux d'immigration, car l'immigration peut servir a repondre a plusieurs objectifs....

Un domaine emergent de la recherche sur le bien-etre subjectif (BES) est axe sur les differences dans les niveaux de BES entre les pays et entre les regions geographiques d'un pays. La prise en compte des differences geographiques permettrait d'elargir nos connaissances concernant les...

This study examines possible positive spillovers and negative consumption externalities of the average income in a geographic area (locality income) on individuals’ life satisfaction, focusing on two issues. The first is whether the effect of locality income on life satisfaction is sensitive...

Statistics Canada’s General Social Survey (GSS) and Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) offer a valuable opportunity to examine the stability of life satisfaction responses and their correlates from year to year within a consistent analytical framework. Capitalizing on the strengths of...

A partir de l'Enquete sur la diversite ethnique de 2002, le present article examine les differences de groupe selon l'origine nationale en ce qui a trait au niveau de scolarite universitaire chez les enfants d'immigrants au Canada. Nous avons determine que les enfants de parents immigrants de la...

Dans cette etude, on examine le lien entre l'etat de sante des personnes et la composition socioeconomique des quartiers dans lesquels elles vivent. De plus, cette etude permet de coupler les microdonnees des particuliers tirees de l'Enquete nationale sur la sante de la population (ENSP) de...