Educational Selectivity of Out-migration in Canada:1976-1981 to 1996-2001
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<b>English</b><p>The major objective of this paper is to show that migrants are positively selected whether they are driven by economic factors or by non-economic factors, and whether they are motivated by pull factors or push factors. Using "five-year migration data" from the 1981 to 2001 censuses of Canada, we find that the education gradient of out-migration is apparent in every region, with the highly educated being more mobile than the less educated. However, the pattern is most pronounced in the Atlantic region, Quebec, and Manitoba/Saskatchewan, the regions experiencing poorer economic conditions and persistent net losses through migration. The three high-income provinces, Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia not only experience lower overall net losses, but are also less likely to lose their better educated persons -- even during bad economic times.Quebec emerges as a special case where economic as well as linguistic-political factors play an important role in governing the out-migration patterns of the better educated, particularly those belonging to the non-Francophone group.<p><b>French</b><p>L’objectif principal du présent document est de montrer que les migrants font l’objet d’une sélection positive, qu’ils soient motivés par des facteurs économiques ou non économiques, ou par des facteurs d’attirance oud’incitation. En utilisant les données quinquennales sur la migration tirées des recensements du Canada de 1981 à 2001, nous constatons que le gradient descolarité lié à l’émigration interne est apparent dans chaque région, les personnes très instruites étant plus mobiles que celles qui sont moins instruites.Toutefois, la tendance est plus prononcée dans la région de l’Atlantique, auQuébec et au Manitoba/Saskatchewan, soit les régions qui connaissent une conjoncture économique moins favorable et des pertes nettes persistantesrésultant de la migration. Les trois provinces prospères, l’Ontario, l’Alberta et laColombie-Britannique, en plus de subir des pertes nettes globales inférieures,sont moins susceptibles de perdre leurs citoyens les plus instruits, même enpériode économique difficile. Le Québec ressort comme un cas spécial, où lesfacteurs économiques et linguistico-politiques jouent un rôle important dans la détermination des tendances en matière d’émigration interne des personnes lesplus instruites, particulièrement celles qui appartiennent au groupe nonfrancophone.Date
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