Immigrant earnings growth: Selection bias or real progress?

dc.creatorPicot, Garnett
dc.creatorPiraino, Patrizio
dc.date2014-06-27T08:31:43Z
dc.date2014-06-27T08:31:43Z
dc.date2013
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:43Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:43Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionWe use longitudinal tax data linked to immigrant landing records to study the effect of selective attrition on the estimated earnings assimilation of immigrants to Canada. Contrary to findings in the existing international literature, we show that the immigrant-native earnings gap closes at the same pace in longitudinal and cross-sectional data. Low-earning immigrants are likely to leave the cross-sectional samples over time, but the same is true for the native born. Our study suggests that immigrants to Canada have labour market participation dynamics similar to those of the native born.
dc.identifierPicot, G. & Piraino, P. (2013). Immigrant earnings growth: Selection bias or real progress? Canadian Journal of Economics, 46(4): 1510-1536.
dc.identifierhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/caje.12053/abstract
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/747
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Immigrants KW - Longitudinal data analysis KW - Canada KW - Immigrant-native earnings gap KW - Labour market participation LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Immigrant earnings growth: Selection bias or real progress? TI - Immigrant earnings growth: Selection bias or real progress? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/747 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/747
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCanadian Journal of Economics
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectImmigrants
dc.subjectLongitudinal data analysis
dc.subjectCanada
dc.subjectImmigrant-native earnings gap
dc.subjectLabour market participation
dc.titleImmigrant earnings growth: Selection bias or real progress?
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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