About this episode

The episode discusses the economic impact of job-switching for immigrant workers who gain permanent residency in Canada.

When immigrant workers come to a country on a visa tied to a single employer, what is it worth to be free to switch jobs? In this episode, Chicago Booth economist Matt Notowidigdo discusses new research using Canadian administrative data to track temporary foreign workers when they gain permanent residency. Job-switching rates jump 21.7 percentage points and earnings rise 5.7 percent within three years, driven largely by workers sorting into higher-paying firms across industries.

People in this episode

Host: Becker Friedman Institute

Guest: Matt Notowidigdo

Topics covered

• immigration
• labor economics
• job switching
• permanent residency
• earnings
• foreign workers

Keywords

• immigrant workers
• job-switching rates
• permanent residency
• earnings increase
• temporary foreign workers
• higher-paying firms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chicago Booth, Becker Friedman Institute

Places: Canada

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