International students, immigration and earnings growth: the effect of a pre-immigration host-country university education

Table 7 Estimated earnings difference between Canadian-educated and foreign-educated immigrants, by cohort and years since immigration

	1991 cohort			2006 cohort
	Years since immigration			Years since immigration
	1	5	20	1	5
	Log point
Men
Four years of Canadian study, no Canadian work experience	−0.182	−0.168	−0.098	−0.194	−0.185
Four years of Canadian study, 3 years of Canadian work experience with low prior earnings	0.000	0.015	0.084	0.048	0.057
Four years of Canadian study, 3 years of Canadian work experience with medium prior earnings	0.179	0.193	0.262	0.353	0.362
Four years of Canadian study, 3 years of Canadian work experience with high prior earnings	0.559	0.574	0.643	0.768	0.777
Four years of Canadian study, 1 year of Canadian work experience with high prior earnings	0.502	0.517	0.586	0.743	0.752
Women
Four years of Canadian study, no Canadian work experience	−0.031	−0.033	−0.054	0.019	−0.072
Four years of Canadian study, 3 years of Canadian work experience with low prior earnings	0.014	0.011	−0.010	0.249	0.158
Four years of Canadian study, 3 years of Canadian work experience with medium prior earnings	0.242	0.240	0.218	0.549	0.458
Four years of Canadian study, 3 years of Canadian work experience with high prior earnings	0.695	0.693	0.672	0.976	0.885
Four years of Canadian study, 1 year of Canadian work experience with high prior earnings	0.693	0.690	0.669	0.976	0.884

Note: estimated from model 3 in Tables 5 and 6. Sources: Statistics Canada, 1991 Census and Longitudinal Worker File linkage; 2006 Census and T1 personal tax file linkage; Temporary Residents File, Immigrant Landing File and T1 personal tax file linkage; and Longitudinal Immigration Database