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Earnings of Immigrants in Canada – First paid employment of immigrants is a strong predictor of their long-term labour market outcomes
In spite of the role that employers may play in the selection of economic immigrants, little is known about whether and how firm-level characteristics are associated with immigrants’ labour market outcomes over the longer term. As a first step towards providing relevant evidence, this study asks whether there are large gaps between the initial earnings … Continue reading
Immigration to United States – At a numerical high, reaching 42.4 million people in 2014
What is the size of the overall immigrant population, and how does its share of the total U.S. population compare with earlier eras? How many people immigrate to the United States? How many become U.S. citizens? What is the size of the unauthorized population? What jobs do immigrants hold? How do today’s top source countries … Continue reading
Immigration in Sweden – The next few years that will be the fastest recorded
In relation to its size, Sweden has long accepted more refugees than any other European country. So when over a million migrants came to Europe last year, with even more on their way this year, a large share sought asylum in Sweden. Attracted by Stockholm’s generous immigration policies, more than 160,000 migrants applied for refugee … Continue reading
Aging Finland – 34,000 immigrants needed instead of the current 18,000 in order to stop the decrease working-age population
Finland does not apply quotas or a points-based system to labour migration. Instead, Finland applies the determination of the availability of labour when issuing a residence permit for an employed person. However, the proportion of labour subject to the determination of the availability of labour is relatively low and the majority of labour uses other … Continue reading
Undocumented Immigrants – Regularization pros and cons
Addressing unauthorized immigration is controversial. Countries have adopted a variety of legalization programs, ranging from temporary visa programs to naturalization. Research in the US focused on past amnesty programs finds improved labor market outcomes for newly legalized immigrants. Findings are more mixed for European countries. Studies suggest that regularization of undocumented immigrants can result in … Continue reading
L’Immigration au Canada – Une dévaluation persistante des titres de compétences non canadiens
Même si la plupart des études récentes ne vont pas au-delà des données du recensement de 2006, les nouvelles analyses révèlent clairement que le problème de l’inadéquation entre l’emploi et la scolarité ainsi que les compétences persiste et même s’aggrave. Alors que l’analyse de l’Enquête sur la population active de 2005-2008 montre une certaine amélioration des … Continue reading
Canada – How Express Entry works, and early results
Unlike earlier points-based systems, CRS does not automatically designate all those who have reached a certain threshold score as eligible for admission. Instead, Express Entry applies a dynamic ranking and management system: only a small group of top-ranking individuals in the pool at a time are issued an invitation to apply (ITA) by Immigration, Refugees, … Continue reading
Immigration in Canada in 2016 – The most immigrants it has since the 1910s
Following Immigration Minister John McCallum’s speech on March 8, 2016 at the Brampton Multicultural Community Centre, many were left wondering about the direction presented for this year. While Minister McCallum was quoted saying that this is a “significant shift” in policy, it remains to be seen when these changes will be implemented, and of the … Continue reading
Canada – Canadian work experience increases entry earnings Stat Can finds
Immigration selection policies changed significantly during the 1990s and 2000s, at least in part to improve immigrant entry earnings. After the decline in both relative (to the Canadian-born) and absolute entry earnings during the 1980s and early 1990s, there was a strong desire to improve the economic outcomes of immigrants shortly after their landing. Changes … Continue reading
Germany – The “recognition Act” and the professional or vocational qualification acquired abroad
How can a professional or vocational qualification acquired abroad be recognised? Against the background of an impending shortage of skilled workers and negative demographic developments, this is a question which has had a role to play in Germany for some time now. In order to meet the demands of the German labour market by providing it … Continue reading
Canada – Immigrant wives―especially the younger ones―participate less often in the labour market than Canadian-born wives
Immigrant wives―especially the younger ones―participate less often in the labour market than Canadian-born wives Of all immigrant wives aged 25 to 54 whose husbands were aged 25 to 54 and were employed as paid workers, 76% participated in the labour market―i.e., they had a job or actively looked for one―from 2010 to 2014 (Table 1). … Continue reading
College-Educated Immigrants in US – Has grown at more than twice the rate of U.S. born
The number of immigrants with higher education has grown at more than twice the rate of the same population among the U.S. born. Between 1990 and 2000, the college-educated immigrant population increased 89 percent from 3.1 million to 5.9 million, and a further 78 percent between 2000 and 2014 (from 5.9 million to 10.5 million, … Continue reading
Economic Immigration in Canada – The processing time is 67 months
In the economic class, if an application was filed between 2008 and 2010, the processing time is 67 months while for the ones filed between 2010 and 2014, is 13 months. Canada takes in about 260,000 immigrants each year in all categories, combined. The statistics were not available for last year, but in 2014, 66,661 … Continue reading
UK – A £1,000 charge to employers for every non-EU migrant worker the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) says
Companies which hire skilled workers from outside the European Union should face a £1,000 surcharge per head, the Government’s official immigration advisers have said. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) said that by increasing the cost of hiring from abroad, the new charge would encourage employers to invest in training British workers instead. The salary threshold … Continue reading
Diversity and Inclusion – Is 2016 going to be the year of diversity in business?
With all the press we read about diversity, inclusion, women in leadership, and the need to be open minded about religious and cultural differences, one might ask “is 2016 going to be the year of diversity in business?” I believe the answer is yes: this topic has been raised in the public eye and research now proves that … Continue reading
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