Immigration, skills and the labor market: International evidence

Lawrence Kahn

Journal of Population Economics, 2004, vol. 17, issue 3, 534 pages

Abstract: Using the 1994–1998 International Adult Literacy Survey, this paper compares cognitive skills and employment of immigrants in Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United States. Immigrants had lower cognitive test scores than natives in each country, with the largest gaps in the US, and small gaps in Canada and New Zealand. Male immigrants in the US were no less likely to work than natives, while in the other countries, male immigrants were less likely to be employed. Female immigrants were less likely in each country to be employed than natives, with an especially large gap for the US. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2004

Keywords: J24; J61; Human capital; immigrant workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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