Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/316711 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17756
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Our difference-in-difference analysis indicates that Covid-19 had a disproportionately adverse effect on the employment of recent immigrants relative to the Canadian-born and this was especially the case in lower-level occupations and in industries hard hit by the pandemic. The effects of Covid on actual hours worked for those who remained employed were modest as were the differential effects for recent immigrants, highlighting that most of the adjustment occurred in the extensive margin of reduced employment rather than the intensive margin of hours worked. Covid was associated with higher wages for recent immigrants who remain employed relative to their Canadian-born counterparts, and this is especially the case for recent immigrants in lower-level occupations and hard-hit industries. Reasons for these patterns are discussed.
Subjects: 
difference-in-difference
COVID-19
Canada
recent immigrants
employment
hours
wages
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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