The Human Capital Model of Selection and Immigrant Economic Outcomes

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ID9952544
AutoresGarnett Picot (0000-0003-3369-8727, Institute for Research in Public Policy Montreal, autor correspondente), Feng Hou (0000-0002-4394-2167, Statistics Canada Ottawa), Hanqing Qiu (Statistics Canada Ottawa)
Ano2016
Volume54
Fascículo3
Páginas73-88
Data de publicação2016-02-08
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.12235
OpenAlexW2270759522
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas11

This article examines the trends in the economic advantage that highly educated immigrants hold over less educated immigrants in Canada, focusing on the differences between short‐run and longer‐run outcomes. Using data from the Longitudinal Immigration Database covering the period from the 1980s to the 2000s, this study finds that the relative entry earnings advantage that higher education provides to new immigrants has decreased dramatically over the last 30 years. However, university‐educated immigrants had a much steeper earnings trajectory than immigrants with trades or a high school education. The earnings advantage among highly educated immigrants increases significantly with time spent in Canada. This pattern is observed for virtually all immigrant classes and arrival cohorts. The results suggest that short‐run economic outcomes of immigrants are not good predictors of longer‐run results, at least by educational attainment. The implications of these findings for immigration selection policy are discussed in the conclusion

Demographic economics · Earnings · Earnings growth · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Human capital · Immigration · Political science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy