The short-term effects of COVID-19 on labour market outcomes of recent immigrants to Canada

What is it about?

Our difference-in-difference analysis indicates that Covid-19 had a disproportionately adverse effect on the employment of recent immigrants relative to the Canadian-born, especially in lower-level occupations and in industries hard hit by the pandemic. The effects of Covid on hours worked for those who remained employed were modest. Covid was associated with higher wages for recent immigrants who remain employed relative to their Canadian-born counterparts.

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