Cultural differences play an important role in shaping migration patterns. The conventional proxies for cross country … tractable model for international migration which explicitly allows for the time varying and asymmetric dimensions of cultural … dimensional fixed effects which enables for the identification of the impact of cultural proximity on migration over and beyond …

Ontario and British Columbia, which have grown primarily through international migration, Alberta has become a magnet for …Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Migration to Alberta in Perspective -- 2 The Old West and the New West -- 3 The Two … Waves of In-migration -- 4 The Role of Energy Hydrocarbons -- 5 Migration as Voluntaristic Behavior -- 6 The Migrant and the …