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International Students, Immigration and Earnings Growth: The Effect of a Pre-immigration Canadian University Education

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  • Hou, Feng
  • Lu, Yuqian

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This study uses large national longitudinal datasets to examine cross-cohort trends and within-cohort changes in earnings among three groups of young university graduates: immigrants who are former international students in Canada (Canadian-educated immigrants), foreign-educated immigrants who had a university degree before immigrating to Canada and the Canadian-born population.

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  • Hou, Feng & Lu, Yuqian, 2017. "International Students, Immigration and Earnings Growth: The Effect of a Pre-immigration Canadian University Education," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2017395e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
    • Handle: RePEc:stc:stcp3e:2017395e
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    1. Nick Manuel & Miana Plesca, 2020. "Skill transferability and the earnings of immigrants," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 53(4), pages 1404-1428, November.
    2. Valerie Preston & John Shields & Marshia Akbar, 2022. "Migration and Resilience in Urban Canada: Why Social Resilience, Why Now?," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 1421-1441, September.
    3. Chen, Zong Jia & Skuterud, Mikal, 2017. "The Relative Labour Market Performance of Former International Students: Evidence from the Canadian National Graduates Survey," IZA Discussion Papers 10699, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    4. Chen, Zong Jia & Skuterud, Mikal, 2017. "The relative labour market performance of former international students: Evidence from the Canadian National Graduates Survey," CLEF Working Paper Series 11, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo.

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    Postsecondary education; Immigrants; Foreign students; Economic growth;
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