Canada. We first augment a model of occupational choice and skill accumulation to derive predictions about the cross …-border transferability of occupational human capital. We then test the empirical implications using the skill requirements of pre- and post-immigration … occupations. We find that male immigrants to Canada were employed in source country occupations that required high levels of …

earnings across immigration classes and categories of Canadians at birth. Adult immigrants, including those assessed by the …

This paper examines the difference between the payoffs to schooling for immigrants and the native born in Canada, using … immigrants' human capital, and under-education to favourable selection in immigration. The results show that immigrants have a … effects of under-education, or selection in immigration, are, however, twice as large as the effects of over-education, or …

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 …

Canada, the US, and most Western countries are looking to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics …) immigrants to boost innovation and economic growth. Canada in particular has welcomed many STEM immigrants over the past quarter … the innovation activity of highly educated immigrants, which highlights the likely role of immigration policy in …

, Canada and the USA have produced mixed results on the labour outcomes of immigrants who are former international students … among three groups of young university graduates: immigrants who are former international students in Canada (Canadian …-educated immigrants), foreign-educated immigrants who had a university degree before immigrating to Canada and the Canadian …