2006 Working Papers
| WP # | Title |
| 06-01 | Explaining Socio-economic Well-being of Immigrants and Returned Migrants: An Econometric Analysis of the Hong Kong and Canadian 2001 Censuses (811 KB)
AUTHORS: Fangmeng Tian and Zhongdong Ma, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| 06-02 | Creating Politicized Spaces: "Here" and "There": Lives of Elderly Afghan Women in Metropolitan Vancouver (564 KB)
AUTHORS: Parin Dossa, Simon Fraser University |
| 06-03 | "Witnessing" Social Suffering: Migratory Tales of Women from Afghanistan (594 kb)
AUTHORS: Parin Dossa, Simon Fraser University |
| 06-04 | Bridging the Gap in Social Services for Immigrants: A Community-Based Holistic Approach (842 KB)
AUTHORS: Shibao Guo, University of Calgary |
| 06-05 | Naturalisation and Socioeconomic Integration: The Case of the Netherlands (1 MB)
AUTHORS:Pieter Bevelander, IMER, Malmö University, and Justus Veenman, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| 06-06 | The Economics of Citizenship: Is There a Naturalization Effect? (3.3 MB)
AUTHORS: Kirk Scott, Lund University, Sweden |
| 06-07 | The First 365 Days: Acehnese Refugees in Vancouver, British Columbia (587 KB)
AUTHORS: James McLean, Simon Fraser University; Chris Friesen, Immigrant Services Society of B.C., and Jennifer Hyndman, Simon Fraser University |
| 06-08 | Parental Sponsorship - Whose Problematic? A Consideration of South Asian Women's Immigration Experiences in Vancouver (617 KB)
AUTHORS: Arlene Tigar McLaren |
| 06-09 | The Economics of Norwegian Citizenship (532 KB)
AUTHORS: John E. Hayfron, Western Washington University |
| 06-10 | Locating Spatially Concentrated Risk of Homelessness amongst Recent Immigrants in Greater Vancouver: A GIS-based approach (1 MB)
AUTHORS: Rob Fiedler, Jennifer Hyndman, and Nadine Schuurman, Simon Fraser University |
| 06-11 | Hidden Losses: How Demographics Can Encourage Incorrect Assumptions About ESL High School Students' Success (248 KB)
AUTHORS: Kelleen Toohey, Simon Fraser University, and Tracey M. Derwing, University of Alberta |
| 06-12 | Immigrant Rites of Passage: Urban Settlement, Physical Environmental Quality and Health in Vancouver (520 KB)
AUTHORS: Michael Buzzelli, University of British Columbia, and K. Bruce Newbold, McMaster University |
| 06-13 | Why do Low- and High-Skill Workers Migrate? Flow Evidence from France (513 KB)
AUTHORS: Dominique M. Gross, and Nicolas Schmitt, SFU |
| 06-14 | The Emergence of Super-diversity in Britain (601 KB)
AUTHORS:Steven Vertovec, ESRC centre on Migration, University of Oxford |
| 06-15 | Beyond the Polemics: The Economic Outcomes of Canadian Immigration (472 KB)
AUTHORS: Daniel Hiebert, Co-director, RIIM, University of British Columbia |
| 06-16 | The Education, Immigration and Emigration of Canada's Highly Skilled Workers in the 21st Century (485 KB)
AUTHORS: Don J. DeVoretz, Co-director, RIIM, Simon Fraser University |
| 06-17 | Economic Insecurity and Isolation: Post-Migration Traumas among Black African Refugee Women in the Greater Vancouver Area (222 KB)
AUTHORS: Adrienne Wasik, Simon Fraser University |
| 06-18 | The Liability of Foreignness: Survival Differences Between Foreign- and Native-owned Firms in the Basque Country (309 KB)
AUTHORS: Nahikari Irastorza, University of Deusto |
| 06-19 | The 'Flexible' Immigrant: Household Strategies and the Labour Market (219 KB)
AUTHORS: Gillian Creese, UBC; Isabel Dyck, Queen Mary, University of London; and Arlene Tigar McLaren, SFU |
| 06-20 | Social Relations and Remittances: Evidence from Canadian Micro Data (284 KB)
AUTHORS: Don J. DeVoretz, Co-director, RIIM, Simon Fraser University, and Florin P. Vadean, Migration Research Group - HWWI, Germany |
| 06-21 | Are Cross-border Movements and Border Security Complements? (211 KB)
AUTHORS: Basil Golovetskyy, RIIM, Simon Fraser University |
Commentaries
| Com # | Title |
| 06-01 | Speech given by Meyer Burstein to the 10th National Conference in Vancouver, March 25, 2006 (560 KB) |
| 06-02 | RIIM Research Consultation Retreat, September 7, 2006 (130 KB)
AUTHORS: Dr. D. Coulombe, Senior Researcher and Librarian, RIIM |
| 06-03 | Dual Citizenship and Canada's New Diaspora - revised (84 KB)
AUTHORS: Don J. DeVoretz and Yuen Pau Woo |
| 06-05 | Profiling at the Canadian Border: An Economist's Viewpoint (160 KB) |
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