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Relative Labour Market Performance of Former International Students: Evidence from the National Graduates Survey

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  • Zong Jia Chen
  • Mikal Skuterud

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Canada is increasingly looking to international students as a source of post-secondary tuition revenues and new immigrants. We compare the labour market performance of former international students (FISs) through the first decade of the 2000s with that of their Canadian-born and -educated (CBE) and foreign-born and -educated (FBE) counterparts. We find that FISs outperform FBE immigrants by a substantial margin but underperform CBE graduates from similar post-secondary programs. We also find evidence of a deterioration in FIS outcomes relative to both comparison groups. We argue that this deterioration is most consistent with a quality trade-off because the supply of international students has not kept pace with the growth in demand.

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  • Zong Jia Chen & Mikal Skuterud, 2018. "Relative Labour Market Performance of Former International Students: Evidence from the National Graduates Survey," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 44(3), pages 207-225, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:44:y:2018:i:3:p:207-225
    DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2017-042
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    1. O'Donnell, Ian & Skuterud, Mikal, 2021. "The transformation of Canada's temporary foreign worker program," CLEF Working Paper Series 39, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo.

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