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Canadian Immigration

Economic Evidence for a Dynamic Policy Environment

by (author) Ted McDonald, Elizabeth Ruddick & Arthur Sweetman

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2010
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781553392811
    Publish Date
    Mar 2010
    List Price
    $39.95

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Over the last few decades, in stark contrast to the situation of previous generations, immigrants to Canada have suffered from a marked decline in economic outcomes. As a result, economic and social issues regarding immigration are at the forefront of the Canadian policy agenda. Canadian Immigration assists in the crucial task of expanding the evidence base for decisions on new immigration and integration of immigrants by presenting a series of rigorous empirical investigations relating to the economics of immigration. The contributors to this volume showcase their expertise by providing updates on the impacts that closely related economic and social factors have on immigration policy and recently arrived immigrants. These essays consider a range of timely topics, including temporary foreign workers, employment, self-employment, education, and earnings trajectories.

About the authors

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Elizabeth Ruddick's profile page

Arthur Sweetman is director of the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University, where he holds the Stauffer-Dunning chair in public policy. Jun Zhang is Cheung Kong Professor of Economics and the director of the China Center for Economic Studies at

Arthur Sweetman's profile page