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标题：Would an Increase in High-Skilled Immigration in Canada Benefit Workers?
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作者：Maxime Fougère ; Simon Harvey ; Bruno Rainville 等
期刊名称：Economics Research International
印刷版ISSN：2090-2123
电子版ISSN：2090-2131
出版年度：2011
卷号：2011
DOI：10.1155/2011/171927
出版社：Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要：This study examines the economic and welfare effects of raising the number of high-skilled immigrants in Canada. It uses a life-cycle applied general equilibrium model with endogenous time allocation decisions between work, education, and leisure. According to the simulation results, raising the number of high-skilled immigrants would boost productive capacity and labour productivity but could lower real GDP per capita. In addition, by raising the supply of high-skilled workers, more high-skilled immigrants would reduce the skill premium and the return to human capital. This in turn would lower incentives for young adults to invest in human capital and have a dampening effect on the domestic supply of skilled workers. Finally, it is found that more high-skilled immigrants would be welfare enhancing for medium- and low-skilled workers but welfare decreasing for high-skilled workers.