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The shift in Canadian immigration composition and its effect on wages / Julien Champagne, Antoine Poulin-Moore, Mallory Long.FB3-6/2025-8E-PDF

"We document recent changes in Canadian immigration, marked by an increasing prevalence of temporary residency. Using microdata from Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey, we show that temporary workers' characteristics and nominal wages have diverged from those of Canadian-born workers. Between 2015 and 2024, temporary workers have become younger, less experienced and more likely to migrate from lower income countries. As well, the shares of temporary workers in skilled occupations have declined moderately. Throughout this period, the average nominal wage gap between temporary and Canadian-born workers has more than doubled, widening from -9.5% to -22.6%. Further, we estimate Mincer regressions to assess how these evolving characteristics have contributed to the growing wage gap"--Abstract, page ii.

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Department/Agency
  • Bank of Canada, issuing body.
TitleThe shift in Canadian immigration composition and its effect on wages / Julien Champagne, Antoine Poulin-Moore, Mallory Long.
Series title
  • Staff discussion paper = Document d'analyse du personnel, 1914-0568 ; 2025-8
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • ISSN assigned to different series.
  • "Last updated: May 9, 2025."
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada = Banque du Canada, 2025.
  • ©2025
Author / Contributor
  • Champagne, Julien, author.
Description1 online resource (ii, 39 pages) : charts.
Catalogue number
  • FB3-6/2025-8E-PDF
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