Author : Syed Ather Hussain Akbari
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (654 download)
Book Synopsis Do the Educational Credentials of Immigrant and Non-immigrant Workers Make Them Perfect Substitutes for Each Other in Canadian Labour Markets by : Syed Ather Hussain Akbari
Download or read book Do the Educational Credentials of Immigrant and Non-immigrant Workers Make Them Perfect Substitutes for Each Other in Canadian Labour Markets written by Syed Ather Hussain Akbari and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An aging population and declining birth rates have raised concerns among Canadian policymakers over the future availability of skilled workers in Canada. Regional labour market impacts of this change in the demographic composition of the population have also been affected by the out-migration of population from smaller provinces and rural areas. At provincial and local levels, immigration is increasingly viewed as a tool to address these issues. While attracting skilled immigrants is the main focus of recent regional immigrant policy initiatives, lack of recognition of their credentials in Canadian labour markets is viewed as a significant barrier to their successful integration into the provincial and local Canadian labour force. This integration is necessary to obtain the desired economic outcomes of a wider geographic distribution of immigrants. As a result, federal and provincial governments, as well as non-governmental organizations, are now investing resources to remove this barrier to immigrant integration. While much has been argued in Canadian public and academic circles about the lack of foreign credential recognition in Canadian labour markets, no systematic investigation of this issue has yet been conducted in the literature. Using an economic framework, the present paper attempts to partially fill this gap. While immigrants arriving with high school or less education are found to be perfect substitutes for their non-immigrant counterparts, those arriving with a post-high school education are not.