2000 Working Papers

WP #

Title

00-01

A Political Model of the Permissible Number of Immigrants (149 KB)

AUTHORS: J. Atsu Amegashie, Simon Fraser University

00-02

Seeking "Homo Economicus": The Strange Story of Canada's Business Immigration Program (280 KB)

AUTHORS: David Ley, University of British Columbia

00-03

Temporary Immigration of Nikkeijin to Ease the Japanese Aging Crisis (330 KB)

AUTHORS: Chieko Tanimura, Simon Fraser University

00-04

Immigrant Occupational Skill Outcomes and the Role of Region-Specific Human Capital (280 KB)

AUTHORS: Eden Nicole Thompson, Simon Fraser University

00-05

A Taste of Canada: An Analysis of Food Expenditure Patterns for Canadian-born and Foreign-born Consumers (264 KB)

AUTHORS: Christiane Werner, Simon Fraser University

00-06

Probability of Staying in Canada (502 KB)

AUTHORS: Don J. DeVoretz and Chona Iturralde, Simon Fraser University

00-07

Job Mobility and Promotion in the Federal Public Service. A Joint Project with Strategic Research and Analysis, Multiculturalism Program Canadian Heritage, and Research Directorate, Public Service Commission (226 KB)

AUTHORS: Ravi Pendakur, Fernando Mata, Stan Lee and Natalie Dole

00-08

The Complementarity of Language and Other Human Capital: Immigrant Earnings in Canada (194 KB)

AUTHORS: Barry R. Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Paul W. Miller, University of Western Australia

00-09

Migration Strategies and Transnational Families: Vancouver's Satellite Kids (216 KB)

AUTHORS: Johanna L. Waters, University of British Columbia

00-10

Immigration and Greater Vancouver: A 1996 Census Atlas - Working Paper 00-10 is a special case. It exists as a series of web pages that readers can see, but not as a downloadable document. Please feel free to print pages, but we ask that you acknowledge the authors, RIIM, and Statistics Canada when you make reference to them. (Online Only)

AUTHORS: Greg Cunningham, Daniel Hiebert, and Brian Klinkenberg, University of British Columbia

00-11

The Economics of Illegal Migration for the Host Economy (128 KB)

AUTHORS: Barry R. Chiswick, The University of Illinois at Chicago

00-12

The Social Geography of Immigration and Urbanization in Canada: A Review and Interpretation (251 KB)

AUTHORS: Daniel Hiebert, University of British Columbia

00-13

A Model of Destination Language Acquisition: Application to Male Immigrants to Canada (275 KB)

AUTHORS: Barry R. Chiswick, The University of Illinois at Chicago, and Paul W. Miller, University of Western Australia

00-14

Immigration to Vancouver: An Analytical Review (191 KB)

AUTHORS: Jamie Winders, University of British Columbia

00-15

Cosmopolitanism at the Local Level: Immigrant Settlement and the Development of Transnational Neighbourhoods (153 KB)

AUTHORS: Daniel Hiebert, University of British Columbia

00-16

Visits to Canada: The Role of Canada's Immigrant Populations (170 KB)

AUTHORS: David Prescott, University of Guelph, and David Wilton, University of Waterloo; Canan Dadayli and Aaron Dickson, University of Guelph

00-17

Perception and Supply: A Theoretical Analysis with an Application to Immigrants (106 KB)

AUTHORS: J. Atsu Amegashie and John E. Hayfron, Simon Fraser University

00-18

Studying Immigrants in Focus Groups (150 KB)

AUTHORS: Geraldine Pratt, University of British Columbia

00-19

Social Security and Migration with Endogenous Skill Upgrading (220 KB)

AUTHORS: Alessandra Casarico and Carlo Devillanova, Universit à Bocconi, Milan

00-20

Some Immigrant Language Lessons from Canada and Germany (279 KB)

AUTHORS: Don DeVoretz, Simon Fraser University; Holger Hinte, IZA, Bonn; and Christiane Werner, Simon Fraser University

00-21

An Analysis of Turn-of-the-Century Canadian Immigration: 1891-1914 (173 KB)

AUTHORS: Don DeVoretz, Simon Fraser University

Special Issues

The special issues of the 2000 Working Paper Series, 00-S1 to 00-S8, were prepared for the workshop, Workshop:Trade Agreements and Migration, The workshop was part of The Fourth International Metropolis Conference held in Washington, D.C. from December 8 to December 11, 1999.

WP #

Title

00-S1

Urban Secondary Citizens: Low-Skill Temporary Workers-The Case of Shanghai (191 KB)

AUTHORS: Kangqing Zhang, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences & RIIM

00-S2

Irregular Immigrants to Spain (163 KB)

AUTHORS: Trinidad L. Vicente, University of Deusto Spain

00-S3

Australia's Temporary Business Entry Arrangements (101 KB)

AUTHORS: Steven Weeks, Australian High Commission

00-S4