scholarly journals Skilled immigrant labour: country of origin and the occupational locations of male engineers

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Boyd ◽  
Derrick Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Stock ◽  
Multinomial Logit ◽  
Immigrant Workers ◽  
Logit Analysis ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Birth Place ◽  
Skilled Immigrant ◽  
University Degree ◽  
High Skill

Do high skill immigrant workers find employment corresponding to their training? Using unpublished data from the 1996 census, we examine the occupational locations of men age 30-54 who have a university degree with a major in engineering. We focus on three groups: Canadian born, foreign born who immigrated before age 19 and the foreign-born arriving after age 27, arguing that the first two are most likely to be educated in Canada whereas the last group is not. We find birth place differences in the percentages who are working in managerial, engineering, technical and all other occupations, with differences being most pronounced for those immigrating after age 27. Multinomial logit analysis confirms that these differences cannot be attributed to differences in measured human capital stock. Accreditation requirements are one likely explanation, particularly for those who have received training outside Canada.

scholarly journals The Labour Market Adjustment Of Foreign-Born Workers In Canada: A Multinomial Logit Model Of Employment Status

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Najma R. Sharif
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Logit Model ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Multinomial Logit Model ◽  
Multinomial Logit ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Foreign Born

This paper examines how the employment profile of newcomers to Canada differs from that of the native-born, controlling for human capital and other individual characteristics, and whether that profile converges to that of the native-born as the length of residence in Canada increases. These questions are important for understanding whether (and the extent to which) foreign workers adjust to Canadian labour markets. They also have significant policy relevance, given that demographic trends in the country suggest that immigration will likely be an even more significant contributor to labour force growth in the years ahead. The econometric tool we employ is the multinomial logit model, which is estimated using data from the 2001 Census of Canada. Employment status, which is a categorical variable with several dimensions, is explained in terms of human capital, demographic and other individual characteristics, with additional controls for immigration status and variables intended to capture the impact of the length of residence of foreign workers in Canada. Since foreign workers are themselves a disparate group, entering Canada with very different socio-economic characteristics, with the potential for very different paths of subsequent adjustment to host country labour markets, we consider several foreign-born groups. This is important for capturing differences that reflect the shift in immigration away from traditional sources (e.g. the U.K) to non-traditional sources (e.g. Asia), and the implications for labour market activity and outcomes.

scholarly journals Occupational Attainment And The Earnings Of Native-Born And Foreign-Born Canadians

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Najma R. Sharif
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Immigrant Workers ◽  
Occupational Attainment ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Shed Light

The economic performance of immigrants has been studied primarily in terms of entry earnings and how these earnings evolve over time in the host country. The empirical analysis typically revolves around variants of an earnings function, which relates worker earnings to human capital and other individual characteristics. In this literature, the effects of occupational attainment on earnings are typically not modelled mainly because occupation is perceived as just another way of looking at earnings. However, as noted by Chiswick and Miller (2008), amongst others, occupation is the channel through which an individuals human capital translates into earnings. That is, education has both a direct impact on earnings and an indirect one operating through occupational status. Empirical findings for the US and Australia provide support for this view. Our objective in this paper is to extend this analysis to Canada, to assess how the earnings gains from human capital depend upon occupational status for both native-born and immigrant workers, and upon the length of residence of the latter in Canada. This will also shed light on the relative importance of the intra-occupational vis-a-vis inter-occupational mobility of immigrants in realizing earnings gains from education, in the short and longer term. The paper assesses these issues by looking at data drawn from the 2001 Canadian census.

scholarly journals The macroeconomic effects of COVID-19 in Montenegro: a Bayesian VARX approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordana Djurovic ◽  
Vasilije Djurovic ◽  
Martin M. Bojaj
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Stock ◽  
Economic Freedom ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Health Expenditures ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Out Of Sample ◽  
Policy Measures

Abstract This study examines, diagnoses, and assesses appropriate macroeconomic policy responses of the Montenegrin Government to the outbreak of COVID-19. The model econometrically measures the macroeconomic costs using a Bayesian VARX Litterman/Minessota prior to the pandemic disease in terms of demand and supply loss due to illness and closed activities and their effects on GDP growth in various pandemic scenarios. We explore five economic scenarios—shocks—using the available data from January 2006 to December 2019, following real out-of-sample forecasts generated from January 2020 to December 2020. Sensitivity scenarios spanning January 2020 to June 2020 from ± 10 to ± 60% were analyzed. We observed what happens to the supply and demand sides, namely, GDP, tourism, capital stock, human capital, health expenditures, economic freedom, and unemployment. The results show a toll on the GDP, tourism, unemployment, capital stock, and especially human capital for 2020. The recommended policy measures are public finance spending initiatives focused on securing employment and keeping highly qualified staff in Montenegrin companies. Considering all uncertainties, the rebound of the Montenegrin economy could take a few years to reach pre-COVID 19 output levels.

scholarly journals Measuring the UK's human capital stock

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 36-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Jones ◽  
Blessing Chiripanhura
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Stock

scholarly journals ANALISIS KEBANGKRUTAN PERUSAHAAN DENGAN MODEL ALTMAN Z-SCORE PADA PERUSAHAAN MAKANAN DAN MINUMAN YANG TERDAFTAR DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA PERIODE 2011-2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rio Evans B.M.S ◽  
Cut Ermiati
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Multinomial Logit ◽  
Financial Ratios ◽  
Variable Ratio ◽  
Logit Analysis ◽  
Z Score ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Total Debt ◽  
Retained Earnings

This study examines the analysis of bankruptcy which uses a model Altman Z-Score 1983 once studied the effect of variable ratio of Working Capital to Total Assets (X1), Retained Earnings to Total Assets (X2), Earnings Before Interest and Tax to Total Assets (X3), Book Value of Equity to Book Value of Total Debt (X4), and Sales to Total Assets (X5) against bankruptcy for companies that went bankrupt or for companies that are not bankrupt by the number of samples (purposive sampling as a sampling technique ) as many as 15 companies. The purpose of this study is to analyze the financial ratios Altman model to explain the company's financial condition foods and beverages as a first step in anticipation of bankruptcy. The analysis method in this research is to perform calculations using the Altman Z-Score Revised (1983) and multinomial logit analysis. Testing is done with the first models prerequisite analysis, testing normality with the overall result is a variable based test One Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test indicated that the model in an abnormal position with evidence of significant data α > 0.05. Second, the test results with the results multikolinieritas with VIF < 10 and the tolerance level of > 0.1 indicates that our model is free from the problems of multicollinearity. This is consistent with the assumption multinomial logit analysis that does not require the classical assumption that multinomial logit analysis can proceed. The results of this study are the calculations that have been done, that there are 10 companies in the category of Grey Area and 5 companies in the category is not bankrupt. Seen as a whole has a classification of 95%, while the remaining 5% indicates that bankruptcy is explained by other variables other than those examined in this study In this study the variable ratio of Book Value of Equity to Book Value of Total Debt and Sales to Total Assets have influence significantly to the bankruptcy analysis. So that this research model is Z-Score = Ln (P1/P0) = -149.589 + 117,603BVEBVD + 33,029STA and Z-Score = Ln (P2/P0) = -117.301 + 111,623BVEBVD + 21,657STA Keywords: Bankruptcy, Multinomial Logit Analysis, Financial Ratios Altman Z-Score Model Of Revision.

Health, Human Capital, and Life Cycle Labor Supply

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (5) ◽  
pp. 127-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Hokayem ◽  
James P. Ziliak
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Strong Evidence ◽  
Capital Stock ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Health Capital ◽  
Supply Model

We use new PSID data on consumption and health, along with information on annual sick time, to estimate a structural labor supply model that incorporates a health capital stock with the traditional human capital learning-by-doing model. The estimates show strong evidence of learning by doing as well as strong persistence in health. However, the estimates reveal that time and money seem to have little effect on health consistent with 'flat of the curve' medicine. We find strong evidence that consumption and leisure are direct substitutes in preferences, and consumption and leisure are each utility complements with good health.

Changing Occupational Characteristics of U.S. Immigrants

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon F. De Jong ◽  
Marilou C. Legazpi Blair
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Workers ◽  
Immigrant Worker ◽  
Occupational Characteristics ◽  
United States Immigration ◽  
States Immigration ◽  
America South ◽  
Skilled Immigrant

Although the proportion of legal immigrants to the United States reporting an occupation remained nearly stable from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s, there was a decline in the proportion of immigrant workers admitted with professional and technical occupations — a trend that the 1990 Immigration Act seeks to address in this decade. Using 1972 and 1986 United States Immigration and Naturalization Service public use data, this analysis shows that a major explanation for the decline is the recomposition of immigrant worker streams; notably large increases in admissions from Mexico and Central America, South America and the Caribbean vs. Asian workers; and increases in immediate family numerically exempt and sixth preference new arrivals and older workers — all categories with a low proportion of professional and technical workers. Contrary to expectations, immigrants admitted with family preference visas recorded an increase in professional and technical workers, even though the proportion of highly skilled immigrant workers in this admission category is still quite low.

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