Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2020.1863827
Does higher population matter for labour market? Evidence from rapid migration in Canada
Siming Yu
Muhammad Safdar Sial
Malik Shahzad Shabbir
Muhammad Moiz
Peng Wan
Jacob Cherian
Abstract
Canada has been a host country to migrants for decades through
its attractive immigration policy. To enrich the literature, this article analyses the impact of immigration on the Canadian labour
market at the regional level. For this purpose, 10 provinces of
Canada have been selected for this study with the data spanning
over 12 years from 2006 to 2017. Through the empirical analysis,
the article finds there is a significant negative impact of immigration on the native employment level. Whereas the opposite
results are found on the national level and the impact on the
income of native workers is found to be negative and significant.
The employed natives are also found to be migrating to other
states at a higher rate in regions where immigration is higher.
These results show that natives employees in the labour market
tend to migrate and immigration hence offsetting the wage
effects on the regional level.
Keywords
Immigration; labour market; population; regional level; Canada; skilled migrants
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301360
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Publication date:
31.12.2021.
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