Two-step immigration selection : skilled work experience vs. pre-arranged jobs / by Feng Hou, Eden Crossman and Garnett Picot.: CS11-626/2020-118E-PDF

"This article asks whether pre-immigration Canadian earnings or pre-arranged job offers are the better predictor of initial labour market outcomes. The data consist of economic principal applicants admitted under Canada's Express Entry (EE) system over the 2015 to 2016 period, derived from the Longitudinal Immigration Database. Over this two-year period, about 16% of economic principal applicants were selected under the EE system, while the majority were still selected under the pre-EE points system. Only among EE principal applicants is the information on pre-arranged job collected"--Provided by publisher.

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Department/Agency Statistics Canada, issuing body.
Title Two-step immigration selection : skilled work experience vs. pre-arranged jobs / by Feng Hou, Eden Crossman and Garnett Picot.
Series title Economic insights, 1927-503X ; no. 118
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Sélection des immigrants en deux étapes : l'expérience de travail spécialisé par rapport à un emploi réservé.
"Catalogue no. 11-626-X - 2020016 - No. 118."
"Release date: August 18, 2020."
Issued also in HTML format.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 7-8).
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, 2020.
©2020
Author / Contributor Hou, Feng, 1964- author.
Description 1 online resource (8 pages).
ISBN 9780660356723
Catalogue number
  • CS11-626/2020-118E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 11-626-X
Subject terms Immigrants -- Employment -- Canada -- Statistics.
Wages -- Immigrants -- Canada -- Statistics.
Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
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