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Unemployment Incidence of Immigrant Men in Canada
Citation
McDonald, JT and Worswick, C, Unemployment Incidence of Immigrant Men in Canada, Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques, 23, (4) pp. 353-373. ISSN 0317-0861 (1997) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.2307/3552069
Abstract
The unemployment incidence of immigrant and non-immigrant men in Canada is compared using 11 crosssectional surveys spanning the years from 1982 to 1993. Recent immigrants are found to have higher unemployment probabilities than nonimmigrants with the difference being larger in recession years. Subsequently, measures of unemployment assimilation of immigrants are found to be sensitive to the macroeconomic conditions of the survey years. The main implication of the results for policy is that recent immigrants would benefit most from labour market programs that facilitate the transition of unemployed immigrants back to employment during recessions.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Economics |
| Research Group: | Applied Economics |
| Research Field: | Labour Economics |
| Objective Division: | Economic Framework |
| Objective Group: | Microeconomics |
| Objective Field: | Microeconomics not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | McDonald, JT (Mr Ted McDonald) |
| ID Code: | 11377 |
| Year Published: | 1997 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 20 |
| Deposited By: | Economics and Finance |
| Deposited On: | 1997-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2011-08-12 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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