title: Immigrant "quality" in Canada: more direct evidence of human capital content, 1956-1994.
abstract: "This article provides direct evidence about educational attainments of new arrivals in Canada over the period 1956 to 1994.... Immigrant data are also compared with the educational attainment of the Canadian-born population in corresponding periods.... Results show that, in the total immigrant inflows of any subperiod since 1956, the percentages of those with high school education or less have been declining and have been lower than those for the Canadian-born population, while the percentages of those with university degrees have been rising and have been higher than those for the Canadian-born population."
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Akbari
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D002170:Canada; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D006280:Health Workforce; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Americas; Canada; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Human Capital; Human Resources; Immigrants; Migrants; Migration; Nationality; Native-born; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies