Asadul, Islam (2008): The Substitutability of Labor between Immigrants and Natives in the Canadian Labor Market: Circa 1995. Forthcoming in: Journal of Population Economics
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Abstract
This paper examines the substitutability or complementarity between Canadian-born and immigrant workers. These are examined by estimating a set of wage equations using a Generalized Leontief Production Function. The paper finds that, in general, there is no displacement of Canadian-born workers by immigrants. Recent immigrants affect the native-born positively, while older immigrants are neither substitute nor complement for natives. However, the effects differ across industries. Overall the evidence that immigrants harm the opportunities of native-born workers is scant.
| Item Type: | MPRA Paper |
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| Original Title: | The Substitutability of Labor between Immigrants and Natives in the Canadian Labor Market: Circa 1995 |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Immigration, substitutability, complementarity, displacement |
| Subjects: | C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C39 - Other J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers |
| Item ID: | 7164 |
| Depositing User: | Asadul Islam |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2008 07:14 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2019 08:20 |
| URI: | https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/7164 |
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