Macroeconomic Impacts of Canadian Immigration: an Empirical Analysis Using the Focus Model
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Financial support from a National Metropolis Research Competition grant and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council is gratefully acknowledged as are comments from three presentations: CERIS Public Seminar in Toronto on October 22, 2010 and our discussant Mikal Skuterud; Citizenship and Immigration Canada Research Network meeting in Ottawa on October 26, 2010; and the Conference on the Economics of Immigration, University of Ottawa on October 29-30 and our discussant Jiong Tu.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010