Open AccessThe Flow of Labour and Goods in Canada’s International Migration System: 1986-1996
Author(s) -
Ann H. Kim
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
canadian studies in population
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1927-629X
pISSN - 0380-1489
DOI - 10.25336/p6vc9z
Subject(s) - immigration , economics , economic geography , value (mathematics) , demographic economics , geography , archaeology , machine learning , computer science
This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical implications of multiplelinkages between countries for migration flows to Canada, from 1986 to 1996.The findings reveal that for a given year, social networks and export trade were the two key factors that determined the variation of in-migration flows across source countries. The examination of change in the migration system showed that changes in migration flows were more likely to be explained by changes in the level of development in origin countries and in the size of immigrant communities in the host country than by changes in the value of economic trade.