1. L'inégalité, la pauvreté et l'intégration économique des immigrés au Canada.
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ZHU, NONG and HELLY, DENISE
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IMMIGRANTS , *POVERTY , *INCOME inequality , *EMPLOYMENT , *EDUCATION of immigrants , *UNEMPLOYMENT , *ECONOMIC history , *SOCIAL history ,CANADIAN economy, 1991- - Abstract
This paper is based on confidential data from some Censuses and examines the factors of inequality of earnings and of poverty relative to Canadian immigrants during the period of 1990 to 2006. The results of our analysis show that immigrants from developing countries have been the most harmed by economic fluctuations. They have less income than either native-born Canadians or immigrants from other countries; in addition, the return on their human capital has diminished between 1991 and 2006. The importance of migratory flux from developing countries has increased the social heterogeneity of the immigrant population, and has aggravated the inequality of income within the group of immigrants from the South as well as between them and other immigrants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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