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The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of Native-Born Canadians

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Tu, Jiong·2010·SSRN Electronic Journal
DOI 10.2139/ssrn.1663169
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Although immigration has become a major growth factor for Canadian labour force, there is little economic research on the effect of immigration on native-born Canadians' labour market performance. This paper examines the relationship between changes in the share of immigrants by sub-labour markets (categorized by skill types and geographic areas) and changes in native wage growth by a two-stage regression analysis, using 1991, 1996 and 2001 Canadian Census data files. After accounting for biases due to native mobility, endogenous location of immigrants and labour demand shifts, the estimated effects of immigration are consistently insignificant or significantly positive. The results are robust to various specifications of sub-labour markets at city, provincial and national levels, suggesting that there is no evidence for a negative impact on native wage growth rate from the large immigrant influx during the 1990s.

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Authors
Tu, J.
Affiliations
Lakehead University (CA)
Corresponding author
Tu, Jiong
ORCID
Tu, Jiong
Venue
SSRN Electronic Journal
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010
ISSN
1556-5068 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2139/ssrn.1663169
OpenAlex
W1495893844
Semantic Scholar
c95b66fdc055b25fa34ddb056a8f89eff5a714f2
Cited by
21
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17
Citations by year
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Type
posted content
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Econstor (Econstor) (submittedVersion)
  • Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Labour Market and Migration
Keywords
immigration, native-born workers, wage growth, labor market outcomes, Canadian labour market

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