1. Employment Match Rates in the Regulated Professions: Trends and Policy Implications.
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AUGUSTINE, JEAN
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IMMIGRANTS , *EDUCATION , *OCCUPATIONS , *LABOR market , *EMPLOYMENT , *ECONOMIC history , *LICENSES - Abstract
This paper compares employment match rates for immigrants educated in a regulated profession with those of their Canadian-born and -educated counterparts. In particular, it examines Statistics Canada data for 2006 and 2011, analyzing trends and provincial comparisons over the five years following the implementation of Ontario's fair access legislation. Overall, the findings support a continued role for fair access legislation to hold regulators accountable, stronger engagement with employers to promote immigrant hiring and retention, specialized advisement and training for alternative careers, and thoughtfully designed pre-arrival initiatives that reduce time away from professional practice without increasing barriers to immigration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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