1. Do Immigrants Gain or Lose by Occupational Licensing?
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GOMEZ, RAFAEL, GUNDERSON, MORLEY, XIAOYU HUANG, and TINGTING ZHANG
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IMMIGRANTS , *LABOR market , *WAGES , *INCOME , *OCCUPATIONS , *ECONOMIC history , *LICENSES - Abstract
This paper studies the effects of occupational licensing in Canada on the earnings of immigrants and nonimmigrants. The econometric model is estimated for immigrants and non-immigrants as well as between joiners and leavers from occupationally licensed jobs using a large panel data set. The results suggest that occupational licensing raises wages more for immigrant workers than for non-immigrants with similar observed characteristics. However, the probability of being in an occupationally licensed job is lower for immigrants as compared to non-immigrants. The implications of these findings for whether immigrants gain or lose from occupational licensing are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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