Will They Ever Converge? Earnings of Immigrant and Canadian-born Workers over the Last Two Decades

Using Census data covering the 1980—2000 period, this article examines what outcomes would be necessary for today's recent immigrant cohorts to achieve earnings parity with Canadian-born workers. Our results show that today's recent immigrants would have to experience a drastic steepening...

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Published in:The International migration review 2005-04, Vol.39 (1), p.228-257
Main Authors: Frenette, Marc, Morissette, René
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alien labor
Analysis
Canada
Census data
Censuses
Cohorts
Cultural assimilation
Earnings
Economic aspects
Economic fluctuations
Forecasts and trends
Immigrant adaptation
Immigrants
Immigration
Income
Income distribution
Income inequality
Inequalities
International migration
Labor market
Labor markets
Labor Migration
Men
Migrant workers
Quantile regression
Social aspects
Socioeconomics
Sociology
Sociology of work
Sociology of work and sociology of organizations
Unemployment rates
Universities
Wage differentials
Working conditions
Working population. Employment. Women's work
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Summary:Using Census data covering the 1980—2000 period, this article examines what outcomes would be necessary for today's recent immigrant cohorts to achieve earnings parity with Canadian-born workers. Our results show that today's recent immigrants would have to experience a drastic steepening of their relative age-earnings profile in the near future for their earnings to converge with their Canadian-born counterparts. The reason is simple: the greater relative earnings growth experienced by recent immigrant cohorts has only partially offset the drastic deterioration in their relative earnings at entry.
ISSN:0197-9183
1747-7379
DOI:10.1111/j.1747-7379.2005.tb00261.x