Temporary foreign workers and regional labour market disparities in Canada

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-263

  Gross, Dominique M ^a   Schmitt, Nicolas ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Labour market test; Regional unemployment; Temporary foreign workers

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; OCCUPATION; POLICY MAKING;

CANADA;

EID: 84862673505     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.38.2.233     Document Type: Article

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