1999 Working Papers

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Title

99-01

Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the Urban Milieu: Evidence from the U.S., Canada and Israel (123 KB)

AUTHORS: Eran Razin, The Hebrew University

99-02

Impacts of Immigration on Education in British Columbia: An Analysis of Efforts to Implement Policies of Multiculturalism in Schools (118 KB)

AUTHORS: Marvin Wideen and Kathleen A. Barnard, SFU

99-03

Immigrant Earnings: Age at Immigration Matters (160 KB)

AUTHORS: Joseph Schaafsma and Arthur Sweetman, U. of Victoria

99-04

Hindus in Canada (149 KB)

AUTHORS: Harold Coward, University of Victoria

99-05

Performing Carnival: Language Learning in a Punjabi Sikh School (102 KB)

AUTHORS: Kelleen Toohey, Bonnie Waterstone, and Allyson Julé, SFU

99-06

Immigrants and Public Finance Transfers: Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal (183 KB)

AUTHORS: Don DeVoretz and Yunus Ozsomer, SFU

99-07

Transnational Migration and Nation: Burmese Refugees in Vancouver (121 KB)

AUTHORS: Jennifer Hyndman and Margaret Walton-Roberts, UBC

99-08

Problems and Strategies of Chinese Immigrants: A Study of the Restaurant Sector in the Dutch Labour Market (90 KB)

AUTHORS: Kangqing Zhang , Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

99-09

Immigration and Metropolitan House Prices in Canada (183 KB)

AUTHORS: David Ley, and Judith Tutchener, UBC

99-10

Reconstituting the Family: Negotiating Immigration and Settlement (114 KB)

AUTHORS: G. Creese and I. Dyck, UBC; Arlene McLaren, SFU

99-11

The Changing Role of Administrators in Ethnically Diverse Schools (99 KB)

AUTHORS: Linda LaRocque, Simon Fraser University

99-12

Reshaping 'Chinese' Business Networks in a Globalizing Era (147 KB)

AUTHORS: Kris Olds and Henry Wai-chung Yeung, N. U. of Singapore

99-13

Where do Immigrants Work? Tracking Industrial Location Propensities of 1960's Immigrants (227 KB)

AUTHORS: Ravi Pendakur and Fernando Mata, Dept. of Canadian Heritage

99-14

Health Systems Renewal: 'Writing in' Cultural Plurality (129 KB)

AUTHORS: J. Anderson, S. Tang and C. Blue, UBC

99-15

Immigration, Neighbourhood Change, and Racism: Immigrant Reception in Richmond, B.C. (182 KB)

AUTHORS: John Rose, University of British Columbia

99-16

Am I a Canadian, an Ethnic, or an Ethnic-Canadian?: Dilemmas of Second-Generation Immigrant Youth (250 KB)

AUTHORS: Randal Tonks and Anand Paranjpe, SFU

99-17

Postcolonial Constellations of History, Identity and Space: Sikhs and the Royal Canadian Legion (234 KB)

AUTHORS: Margaret Walton-Roberts, UBC

99-18

The Narrative Representation of Mental Health: Iranian Women in Canada (133 KB)

AUTHORS: Parin Dossa, Simon Fraser University

99-19

Housing Ownership Patterns of Immigrants in Canada (164 KB)

AUTHORS: Samuel Laryea, Simon Fraser University

99-20

A Case Study of Multilingualism and Educational Choices in Immigrant Families (157 KB)

AUTHORS: Diane Dagenais and Catherine Berron, SFU

99-21

Convergence and Divergence in the Asia-Pacific: Economic and Demographic Integration between Asia and Pacific Canada (217 KB)

AUTHORS: Carl Mosk, University of Victoria

99-22

A Double Cohort Analysis of Residential Overcrowding among Immigrants in Norway (126 KB)

AUTHORS: John E. Hayfron, RIIM SFU

99-23

Migration, Ethnicity and Inequality in Homeownership (150 KB)

AUTHORS: Noah Lewin-Epstein and Moshe Semyonov, Tel Aviv U.

99-24

Immigrant Assimilation and Welfare Participation: Do Immigrants Assimilate Into or Out of Welfare? (259 KB)

AUTHORS: Jörgen Hansen and Magnus Lofstrom, IZA

99-25

A Theory of Social Forces and Immigrant Second Language Acquisition (399 KB)

AUTHORS: Don DeVoretz and Christiane Werner, SFU

Special Issues

The special issues of the 1999 Working Paper Series 99-S0 to 99-S7, were prepared for the workshop Comparative Experience with Temporary Workers: Challenges and Policies, The workshop was part of The Third International Metropolis Conference which was held in Zichron Ya'acov Israel from November 30 to December 3, 1998.

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Title

99-S0

Temporary Migration: An Overview (80 KB)
Migration temporaire: un aperçu (26 KB)

AUTHORS: Don J. DeVoretz, Simon Fraser University

99-S1

Lessons from the Swiss Migration Experience: An Empirical Analysis of Employment Performance (146 KB)

AUTHORS: Stefan Golder, Kiel Institute of World Economics

99-S2

Skilled Temporary and Permanent Immigrants in the United States (171 KB)

AUTHORS: B. Lindsay Lowell, Georgetown University

99-S3