Examining the Determinants of Managers' Hiring Attitudes Towards Immigrant Workers: Evidence from an Employer Survey

Arbeitspapier

Using a representative survey of 801 employers across Atlantic Canada, we empirically test various factors associated with employer hiring attitudes towards international migrants. Our results indicate that employers who hired international immigrants in the past 12 months exhibited more positive attitudes towards them, consistent with the contact theory. We also find provincial variations in hiring attitudes in that employers in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and PEI had more positive attitudes than those in New Brunswick. In addition, employers in the public sector organizations held more positive perceptions than those in the private sector. Although the coefficients for rural-urban divide and organizational sizes have the expected signs but most of them are statistically insignificant. There are no clear patterns cross industries. Interpretations for our main findings are offered, along with policy and practice implications

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16219

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Demand ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs ; Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Public Policy
• Subject: international immigrants ; labour and skill shortages ; employer hiring attitudes ; employer survey ; Atlantic Canada

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Fang, Tony ; Zhang, Tingting ; Hartley, John
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2023

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/278917
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET