Toward improving Canada's skilled immigration policy
Subtitle: an evaluation approach
By: Charles M. Beach, Alan G. Green and Christopher Worswick
Contributors: Green, Alan G., 1932-; Worswick, Christopher; C.D. Howe Institute
Series: Policy study /C.D. Howe Institute -- 45; Policy study (C.D. Howe Institute) -- no. 45.
Publisher: C.D. Howe Institute
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780888068521
Subjects: Immigrants; Employment; Statistics; Emigration and immigration; Government policy; Foreign workers; Skilled labor; Social conditions
Description: Canada's approach to immigration has faced major challenges in recent years. among the, the gap between earnings of recent immigrants in Canada and their Canadian-born contemprories has been browing, and the time it takes to close the gap has been lengthening. What has gone wrong? What to do about it? The authors provide a panoramic view of shifts in Canada's skilled-immigration policies and the strenghts and weaknesses of the points system used to screen new arrivals. They identify the policy levers that affect the attributes and success rates of new arrivals and break new ground in provinding a tool by which to measure those impacts. Essential reading for all who care about the tough questions of immigration policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-152).