The Colour of Money Redux: Immigrant/Ethnic Earnings Disparity in Canada 1991– 2006

Krishna Pendakur and Ravi Pendakur ()
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Ravi Pendakur: University of Ottawa

Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate how visible minority and immigrant earnings gaps in Canada evolved over 1991 to 2006. Immigrant disparity changes with the duration of residence in Canada, so we evaluate disparity at 5 years in Canada, that is for relatively recent immigrants. We find that, overall, visible minority-and immigrant-based earnings disparity increased substantially over the 15 year period. This pattern is observed broadly for both men and women, in Canada as a whole and in each of its three largest CMAs, for most white and visible minority immigrant groups, and for most Canadian-born visible minority ethnic groups. The decline in relative earnings is large: it is on the order of 20 percentage points for both white and visible minority immigrants and on the order of 10 percentage points for Canadian-born visible minority workers.

Pages: 35
Date: 2015
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