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Title: Immigration and the Canadian Earnings Distribution in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: We use newly available micro-data from the 1911 to 1941 Canadian Censuses to investigate the impact of immigration on the Canadian earnings distribution in the first half of the twentieth century. We show that Canadian inequality rose sharply in the inter-war years, particularly in the 1920s, coinciding with two of the largest immigration decades in Canadian history. We find that immigration was not the main force driving changes in the earnings distribution. This results from a combination of self-selection by immigrants, occupational adjustments after arrival, and general equilibrium adjustments in the economy.

Url: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-economic-history/article/immigration-and-the-canadian-earnings-distribution-in-the-first-half-of-the-twentieth-century/669E703904D49A289E470719638B8CF9

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Authors: Green, Alan, G; Green , David, A

Periodical (Full): The Journal of Economic History

Issue: 2

Volume: 76

Pages: 387-426

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

Countries: United States