SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Living Wage, Male Unemployment, Circular Migration
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<1965 some immigrants were stuck in lower classes (porter) Wasps dominated ruling class and upward mobility was limited. Today radicalized immigrants are stick stuck at lower incomes. Need canadian experience or canadian education for good jobs. There"s evidence of job discrimination against visible minorities. Men and women immigrants have di work experiences. Immigration increases global inequality through brain drain in poor countries. When smart intelligent people go to core countries to work or study. Migration allows sender-countries to receive remittance payments form abroad (i. e. cuba philippines) Semi-perisperhal countries bene t from money being send back; however, immigration loses talent and educated people. But migrants who don"t return to their homeland, represent a net loss of talent, ambition,and education. Consider this study by feliciano in the us. The sending countries experience a net loss of talent through out-migration. Cynthia feliciano"s study of 32 us immigrant groups found that.
