Fiscal Effects of Immigrants in Canada
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J&P used estimates of the incomes of immigrants who arrived over 1970 to 2004, which were higher than the incomes of the 1987 to 2004 immigrant cohort used in G&G's study.
“First, Javdani and Pendakur used estimates of the incomes of immigrants that arrived over the period 1970 to 2004, which were higher than the incomes of the 1987 to 2004 immigrant cohort used in our study.”
From Fiscal Transfers to Immigrants in Canada: Responding to Critics and a Revised Estimate (2012) · cites this paper as Javdani and Pendakur, 2011
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- Authors
- Javdani, M., & Pendakur, K.
- Affiliations
- University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus (CA)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Pendakur, Krishna
- Venue
- Journal of International Migration and Integration
- Published
- 2013-12-08
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 777-797
- ISSN
- 1488-3473 (ISSN-L)
- 1874-6365
- OpenAlex
- W2073101289
- Semantic Scholar
- 71a53c8014df442317ad7420f074428e646dabc1
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic and Fiscal Studies
- Keywords
- fiscal effects of immigration, immigrants, public services, taxation, scale effects, life-cycle effects, Canada
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