Economic Integration of New Immigrants in the Montreal Labor Market: A Longitudinal Approach

The economic integration of immigrants is most frequently studied with cross-sectional data (censuses and surveys). Here we analyse the process of integration of immigrants into the labour market, using a longitudinal survey carried out in Montreal with a cohort of immigrants who arrived in Quebec i...

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Published in:Population (English ed. : 2002) Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 57 - 82
Main Authors: Piché, Victor, Renaud, Jean, Gingras, Lucie, Shapiro, David
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques 01-01-2002
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Summary:The economic integration of immigrants is most frequently studied with cross-sectional data (censuses and surveys). Here we analyse the process of integration of immigrants into the labour market, using a longitudinal survey carried out in Montreal with a cohort of immigrants who arrived in Quebec in 1989. The central hypothesis of our research is that the national origin plays an important role in the immigrant's economic integration, defined here by access to a first job and the capacity to remain employed in the labour market (i.e., number of weeks worked) during the first 18 months after arrival. The results indicate that once socio-demographic and human capital variables are taken into account, immigrants from developing countries and from Eastern Europe have greater difficulties than those from the United States, France and the rest of Europe in becoming integrated into the labour market. /// La inserción económica de los inmigrantes se analiza frecuentemente desde el punto de vista transversal, a través de censos y encuestas. En este artículo analizamos el proceso de inserción de los inmigrantes en el mercado de trabajo a partir de una encuesta longitudinal llevada a cabo en Montreal a partir de una cohorte de inmigrantes llegados a Québec en 1989. La hipótesis central de nuestra investigación es que el origen nacional de los inmigrantes juega un papel discriminante en la inserción económica, que definimos a partir del acceso al primer empleo y el número de semanas de actividad durante los primeros 18 meses de residencia. Una vez tomamos en cuenta el efecto de variables socio - demográficas y de capital humano, los resultados indican que los inmigrantes procedentes de países en desarrollo y de Europa del Este tienen más dificultades en el mercado de trabajo que los procedentes de Estados Unidos, Francia y el resto de Europa.
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ISSN:1634-2941
1958-9190
DOI:10.2307/3246627