Working In a Regulated Occupation in Canada: An Immigrant - Native-Born Comparison

Magali Girard and Michael Smith

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Abstract: The number of immigrants working in regulated and unregulated occupations is unknown. A major contribution of this study is that we use Statistics Canada data to classify occupations, across provinces, into regulated and unregulated categories and then to examine the covariates of membership in a regulated occupation. In aggregate, immigrants are not less likely to work in a regulated occupation. Immigrants educated in Asia prove to be much less likely to secure access to a regulated occupation than either the native-born or other immigrants.

Keywords: Immigration; regulated occupations; place of education; foreign credentials; Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J61 L50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2009-10-24, Revised 2009-10-24
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