The Role of Housing Costs in Internal Migration for Immigrants to Canada by Skill Level

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Sean
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-22T06:54:32Z
dc.date.available2023-03-22T06:54:32Z
dc.date.copyright2023en_US
dc.date.issued2023-03-21
dc.description.abstractIn this project, I analyze the effects of housing prices on internal migration by immigrants of different skill levels in Canada over the 2009 to 2019 period. Endogeneity arising from the simultaneity between housing costs and immigration introduces difficulty to attempts to model their relationship. To account for this endogeneity, I utilize a two-stage least-squares model with fixed effects to analyze housing’s impacts on immigration. Preliminary results from this analysis suggest that rising housing costs in a region produce a strong negative effect on immigrant retention and migration into that region. These results are inconclusive, however, as even though housing costs have an expected negative effect, effect sizes are improbably large. Further research may pursue producing better estimates for housing’s impacts on immigration and estimating possible consequences for regional labour markets experiencing rising housing costs.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelUndergraduateen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipJamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/14920
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectRegional economicsen_US
dc.subjectEconomicsen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectHousingen_US
dc.subjectImmigrationen_US
dc.titleThe Role of Housing Costs in Internal Migration for Immigrants to Canada by Skill Levelen_US
dc.typePosteren_US

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