Immigrant Selection and Short-Term Labour Market Outcomes by Visa Category

Abdurrahman Aydemir

No 4966, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper studies the efficacy of immigrant selection based on skill requirements in the Canadian context. The point system results in a much higher skill level than would otherwise be achieved by family preferences. This positive selection is achieved by directly selecting higher skilled principal applicants who are assessed by the point system and also indirectly through higher skilled spouses. However, due to difficulties in transfer of foreign human capital immigrants admitted for their skills do not necessarily perform better in the labour market and important factors used to assess admissibility have very limited power to predict short-term labour market success.

Keywords: immigration; point system; visa category (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2010-05
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Published - published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (2), 451-475

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