TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Aydemir, Abdurrahman B.
        TI  - Immigrant Selection and Short-Term Labour Market Outcomes by Visa Category
        PY  - 2010/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4966
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp4966
        AB  - This paper studies the efficacy of immigrant selection based on skill requirements in the Canadian context. The point system results in a much higher skill level than would otherwise be achieved by family preferences. This positive selection is achieved by directly selecting higher skilled principal applicants who are assessed by the point system and also indirectly through higher skilled spouses. However, due to difficulties in transfer of foreign human capital immigrants admitted for their skills do not necessarily perform better in the labour market and important factors used to assess admissibility have very limited power to predict short-term labour market success.
        KW  - immigration
KW  - point system
KW  - visa category
        ER  -