Transition to permanent residency by lower- and higher-skilled temporary foreign workers

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Attention surrounding differences in the pathways to permanent residency for lower- and higher-skilled temporary foreign workers has increased, particularly as the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the contribution of lower-skilled temporary foreign workers in essential industrial sectors. This article examines the skill distribution of temporary foreign workers and their transition to permanent residency by skill level.

Issue Number: 2022001
Author(s): Picot, Garnett; Hou, Feng; Crossman, Eden; Lu, Yuqian
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