Do the Educational Credentials of Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Workers make them Perfect Substitutes for Each Other in Canadian Labour Markets? A Production Function Analysis (original) (raw)

Resume: An aging population and declining birth rates have raised concerns among Canadian policymakers over the future availability of skilled workers in Canada. Regional labour market impacts of this change in the demographic composition of the population have also been affected by the out-migration of population from smaller provinces and rural areas. At provincial and local levels, immigration is increasingly viewed as a tool to address these issues. While attracting skilled immigrants is the main focus of recent regional immigrant policy initiatives, lack of recognition of their credentials in Canadian labour markets is viewed as a significant barrier to their successful integration into the provincial and local Canadian labour force. This integration is necessary to obtain the desired economic outcomes of a wider geographic distribution of immigrants. As a result, federal and provincial governments, as well as nongovernmental organizations, are now investing resources to remove...