Arbeitspapier
The Economic Experiences of Refugees in Canada
Canada admits refugees on the basis of compassion and not economic criteria. It is however, important to document the economic successes or failures among Canada?s refugee population in order to understand how post arrival integration policies affect refugee economic performance. This essay examines a set of economic indicators from Canada?s IMDB database to assess the post 1981 Canadian refugee economic experience. With the aid of a standard human capital model we answer a series of economic questions including the length of time required for refugee economic integration, their use of Canada?s social safety net, refugee poverty levels and refugee economic performance vis-?-vis Canada?s family immigrant class. Our main findings are that employed Canadian refugees earn an amount equal to that earned by their family class reference group circa 1980-2001. However, the incidence of social assistance attachment for refugees is substantial and for those refugees who receive any assistance their total income is at the near destitute level.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1088
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- Thema
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refugees
immigrant earnings
human capital
Flüchtlinge
Lohn
Soziale Integration
Humankapital
Kanada
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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DeVoretz, Don J.
Pivnenko, Sergiy
Beiser, Morton
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2004
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- DeVoretz, Don J.
- Pivnenko, Sergiy
- Beiser, Morton
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2004
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