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UNINA9910808982303321 |
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Autore |
Pendakur Ravi |
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Titolo |
Immigrants and the labour force : policy, regulation, and impact / / Ravi Pendakur |
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Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-85868-8 |
9786612858680 |
0-7735-6849-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (262 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Foreign workers - Canada |
Immigrants - Canada - Economic conditions |
Canada Emigration and immigration Government policy |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Immigration, Policy, and the Labour Force: A Framework -- The Post-War Period: 1945-60 (Cohort 1) -- The Next Wave: Immigration Intake 1961-77 (Cohorts 2 and 3) -- Visible Minority as a Redefinition of Race -- Ethnicity and Earnings -- Conclusions -- The Mechanics of the Angle-of-Distance Measure (Arccos (rp)) -- Desperately Seeking Census: The Reconstruction of the 1961 Census of Canada Database -- 1962 Regulations -- 1967 Regulations: Independent Applicants -- 1967 Regulations: Nominated Relatives -- Concordance Table: Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1960-70 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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First, Canada's primary source for immigrants has shifted dramatically from the United Kingdom and Europe to countries outside Europe. Second there has been a remarkable transformation in the nature of work: Canada's economy has changed from relying on resource extraction to an emphasis on manufacturing, and presently is emerging as post-industrial and knowledge-based. Pendakur combines an analysis of parliamentary debates on immigration issues with an evaluation of the regulatory and policy changes that resulted from |
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