Immigrants and the labour force [[electronic resource] ] : policy, regulation, and impact / / Ravi Pendakur

• Autore: Pendakur Ravi
• Pubblicazione: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.6/2/0971
• Soggetto topico: Foreign workers - Canada; Immigrants - Canada - Economic conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Canada Emigration and immigration Government policy
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 these discussions and an analysis of how the work of immigrants changed over a five-decade. He then provides both a political and quantitative analysis by looking at issues that affect not only immigrants but minorities born in Canada in order to assess the degree to which labour market discrimination exists and whether employment equity programs are needed.
• Titolo autorizzato: Immigrants and the labour force
• ISBN: 1-282-85868-8; 9786612858680; 0-7735-6849-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783796703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II