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Western Migration Conference Series

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2011

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Recruitment And Retention Of Immigrants In A Global Labour Market: Implications For Policy, Christopher Robinson Apr 2011

Recruitment And Retention Of Immigrants In A Global Labour Market: Implications For Policy, Christopher Robinson

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Bio:

Chris Robinson studied economics at the London School of Economics and the University of Chicago, and has been a faculty member at the University of Western Ontario since 1977. His research has focused on human capital and wage issues including human capital specificity, labour supply, migration, and unions and he has published a wide range of articles on these topics in scholarly journals. From 1993 to 2003 he served as associate editor of the Journal of
Labor Economics
. From 2001 to 2010 he held the CIBC Chair in Human Capital and
Productivity at the University of Western Ontario …


Economic Outcomes And Economic Impacts Of Immigrants To Canada, Charles Beach Apr 2011

Economic Outcomes And Economic Impacts Of Immigrants To Canada, Charles Beach

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Charles Beach is a Professor of Economics at Queen's University where he has taught since 1972. He was an Editor of Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques (1995-02) and Director of the John Deutsch Institute (2001-09). He was a co-founder of the Canadian Econometric Study Group, Canadian Employment Research Forum, and Chair of the Data Liberation Initiative at Statistics Canada. He has published 15 books and a large number of research and policy papers. His current research interests are on Canadian immigration policy and experience, and on labour market and retirement policy.