Immigrants and the labour force : policy, regulation, and impact

Immigrants and the labour force : policy, regulation, and impact / Ravi Pendakur.

First, Canada's primary source for immigrants has shifted dramatically from the United Kingdom and Europe to countries outside Europe. Second there has been a remarkable transformation in the nature of work: Canada's economy has changed from relying on resource extraction to an emphasis on...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pendakur, Ravi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Foreign workers > Canada.
Immigrants > Canada > Economic conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy
Foreign workers
Immigrants > Economic conditions
Canada > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Canada
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Immigration, Policy, and the Labour Force: A Framework
  • 3 The Post-War Period: 1945 â€? 60 (Cohort 1)
  • 4 The Next Wave: Immigration Intake 1961 â€? 77 (Cohorts 2 and 3)
  • 5 Visible Minority as a Redefinition of Race
  • 6 Ethnicity and Earnings
  • 7 Conclusions
  • appendix a: The Mechanics of the Angle- of- Distance Measure (Arccos (r p))
  • appendix b: Desperately Seeking Census: The Reconstruction of the 1961 Census of Canada Database
  • appendix c: 1962 Regulations
  • Appendix d: 1967 Regulations: Independent Applicantsappendix e: 1967 Regulations: Nominated Relatives
  • appendix f: Concordance Table: Standard Industrial Classification [sic] 196070
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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