Recent Studies on Economic Assimilation for Canadian Immigrants Have Found

question 9

Multiple Choice

Recent studies on economic assimilation for Canadian immigrants have found all of the following, EXCEPT that:

• A) The entry effect is diminishing over time as the recent immigrants had higher levels of skills than the earlier immigrants.
• B) The assimilation rates are uniformly too low for the average earnings of any cohort of immigrants to catch up with the comparable native born.
• C) The return to years of experience is much lower for immigrants educated outside Canada.
• D) The return to a year of education is much lower for immigrants educated outside Canada.
• E) "Age at immigration" matters.

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Definitions:

Cost of Goods Sold

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Marketing Efforts

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