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Autore |
Akbari Ather H. <1957-> |
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Titolo |
Immigrants in regional labour markets of host nations : some evidence from Atlantic Canada / / Syed Ather Hussain Akbari |
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Dordrecht, : Springer, 2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2013.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (95 p.) |
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Collana |
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SpringerBriefs in population studies, , 2211-3215 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Foreign workers - Canada |
Labor supply - Canada |
Labor market - Canada |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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List of charts -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Chapter1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Some Demographic Trends in Atlantic Canada: Potential Consequences and Policy Response -- Chapter 3: Immigration Trends in Atlantic Canada -- Chapter 4: Immigrants in the Labour Force of Atlantic Canada -- Chapter 5: International Students in Atlantic Canada -- Chapter 6: Summary and Policy Recommendations -- List of References. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is the first to present a detailed analysis of economic integration of immigrants in smaller areas of their host nations. It uses Atlantic Canada as a case in point and uses unpublished data based on several databases of Statistics Canada and Citizenship and Immigration, Canada. It identifies best policy practices that can also be used in other countries to address demographic challenges similar to those facing Canada, for example population ageing and youth out-migration from smaller regions to larger regions, through immigration. Economic integration of immigrants in Atlantic Canada is faster and better than it is nationally. An overarching result is that an analysis of regional data can lead to very different policy conclusions than the analysis of national data, which means that it can be risky to devise immigration policy based only on national data. A clear message is that economic |
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