Canadian Public Policy
Volume 41, 2015, Pages s116-s137

Immigrant selection systems and occupational outcomes of international medical graduates in Canada and the United States (Article)

McDonald J.T. , Warman C. , Worswick C.
  • a Department of Economics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
  • b Department of Economics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, United States
  • c Department of Economics, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

We analyze the process of immigrant selection and occupational outcomes of international medical graduates (IMGs) in the United States and Canada. We find that in Canada, where a point system has been in place, IMGs are less likely to be employed as physicians than are IMGs in the United States, where employer nomination is a more important entry path for IMGs. We also find that when the point system in Canada did not have occupational restrictions, IMGs had a relatively low probability of working as physicians. © Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de politiques, August / août 2015.

Author Keywords

Occupation skills Human capital physicians Immigration

Index Keywords

international migration labor migration Canada health worker United States migrant worker
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84944234600&doi=10.3138%2fcpp.2013-054&partnerID=40&md5=c36d987c457172ca44299be232f7a630
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2013-054
ISSN: 03170861
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English