Immigration Unemployment Relationship: The Evidence From Canada*

Islam, Asad

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8454.2007.00305.x

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“…However, in the longer run immigration permanently lowered unemployment. Using data from the Canadian Labour Force Historical Review and DRI Basic Economics Data, Islam (2007) examined the relationship between unemployment and immigration in Canada spanning a period from 1961 to 2002. The study found no adverse effect on the unemployment rate due to immigration both in the short run and in the long run.…”

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“…In this context, it will be interesting to examine the impact immigration has on the unemployment rate in Canada. So far, a couple of studies have focused on this issue using time series data (Gross, 2004;Islam, 2007). Recently, another couple of studies used panel data to examine labor market impact of immigration (Beine et al, 2014;Gross and Schmitt, 2012).…”

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“…Some empirical papers have examined the causality between immigration and unemployment and growth on data from different countries (Pope and Withers, 1985;Marr and Siklos, 1994;Islam, 2007;Morley, 2006). The idea is based on the fact that migrants take into account job opportunities in their decision to migrate and the economic conditions are likely to have a significant impact on migrations policies.…”

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Immigration, unemployment and GDP in the host country: Bootstrap panel Granger causality analysis on OECD countries

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This paper examines the causality relationship between immigration, unemployment and economic growth of the host country. We employ the panel Granger causality testing approach of Kónya (2006) that is based on SUR systems and Wald tests with country specific bootstrap critical values. This approach allows to test for Grangercausality on each individual panel member separately by taking into account the contemporaneous correlation across countries. Using annual data over the 1980-2005 period for 22 OECD countries, we find that, only in Portugal, unemployment negatively causes immigration, while in any country, immigration does not cause unemployment. On the other hand, our results show that, in four countries (France, Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom), growth positively causes immigration, whereas in any country, immigration does not cause growth.

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“…Morley's (2006) study finds evidence of long run causality coming from per capita economic growth to immigration for Australia, Canada, and the US. Islam (2007) also concludes that in the short run, more immigration is possibly associated with attractive Canadian immigration policies. However, as the labor market adjusts, Canadian born workers are likely to benefit from increased migration in the long run.…”

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Demographics, Labor Mobility, and Productivity

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Immigration Unemployment Relationship: The Evidence From Canada*

Cited by 56 publications

References 38 publications

The relationship between immigration and unemployment: Panel data evidence from Canada

The relationship between immigration and unemployment: Panel data evidence from Canada

Immigration, unemployment and GDP in the host country: Bootstrap panel Granger causality analysis on OECD countries

Demographics, Labor Mobility, and Productivity

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