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We analyze the process of immigrant selection and occupational outcomes of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in the US and Canada. The IMG relicensing model of Kugler and Sauer (2005) is extended to incorporate two different approaches to immigrant selection: employer nomination systems and...
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social impacts. One solution often considered is to rely on immigration to reduce, delay or even counter certain consequences … decrease further and if immigration is well managed; that is replacement migration would not be excessively high. However …, raising the immigration level too quickly could impede reaching this objective. The decline of the population aged between 20 …
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This study examines ethnic based differences in economic and health status. We combine existing literature with our analysis of data from the Canadian Census and National Population Health Survey. If a given sub-topic is well researched, we summarize the findings; if, on the other hand, less is...
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This study examines health differences between first-generation immigrant and Canadian-born persons who share the same the ethnocultural origin, and the extent to which such differences reflect social structural and health-related behavioural contexts. Data from the 2000/2001 Canadian Community...
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approaching those of men and little can be expected in the way of continuing further growth from that source. Immigration has thus …
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The paper explores the effects of immigration on the rates of growth of the population and labour force and on the age … rates of immigration are investigated. Dependency ratios based on various definitions are proposed and calculated, and the … effects on the ratios of alternative future immigration rates are evaluated. The regional implications of different …
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Simulation methods are employed to explore the effects of immigration as a control instrument to offset the economic … alternative assumptions about immigration policy. The government seeks to optimize policy results in the model, according to a …
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The paper explores the effects of immigration on the rates of growth of the population and labour force and on the age … rates of immigration are investigated. Dependency ratios based on various definitions are proposed and calculated, and the … effects on the ratios of alternative future immigration rates are evaluated. The regional implications of different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405500
immigration to metropolitan Canada have contributed to growing inequality. Using micro-level data on household income from the … 1981,1986,1991 and 1996 censuses, this paper identifies the role of immigration and its differential impact on metropolitan … and non-metropolitan areas. The impacts accelerated during the first half of the 1990s when immigration remained high yet …
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's 1980-99 landed immigrants, and that its share was highly selective by immigration class, language ability, and place of … landing, and that the net loss was also highly selective by immigration class, language ability, and place of origin, but … immigration. Adoption of foreign children, recruitment of third-world students and researchers in the universities and research …
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