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Basic Information and Communication Technology Skills among Canadian Immigrants and Non-Immigrants

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  • N.T. Khuong Truong
  • Arthur Sweetman

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Male immigrants are disproportionately employed in information and communication technology (ICT) industries and occupations in Canada. The authors use a measure of basic ICT skills to document differences in skill levels, and those skills’ relationship with labour market earnings, across immigration classes and categories of Canadians at birth. Adult immigrants, including those assessed by Canada’s points system, have lower average ICT scores than Canadians at birth, although the rate of return to ICT skills is not statistically different between them. Immigrants who arrive as children and the Canadian-born children of immigrants have similar outcomes as the Canadian-born children of Canadian-born parents.

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  • N.T. Khuong Truong & Arthur Sweetman, 2018. "Basic Information and Communication Technology Skills among Canadian Immigrants and Non-Immigrants," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 44(S1), pages 91-112, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:44:y:2018:i:s1:p:s91-s112
    DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2017-032
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    1. Richard E. Mueller & N. T. Khuong Truong, 2022. "Wage and basic skills inequality between immigrants by immigration admission categories and Canadian non-immigrants," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 62(4), pages 1833-1884, April.
    2. Fang, Tony & Xiao, Na & Zhu, Jane & Hartley, John, 2022. "Employer Attitudes and the Hiring of Immigrants and International Students: Evidence from a Survey of Employers in Canada," IZA Discussion Papers 15226, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Anthony Edo & Lionel Ragot & Hillel Rapoport & Sulin Sardoschau & Andreas Steinmayr & Arthur Sweetman, 2020. "An introduction to the economics of immigration in OECD countries," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 53(4), pages 1365-1403, November.

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    Keywords

    information and communication technologies (ICT); skills; immigration; PIAAC; problem solving in technology-rich environments (PSTRE); digital literacy; problem solving; skill shortage;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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