Educated, older immigrants prefer Canada; uneducated immigrants prefer the U.S.

[Newsjock]

Source: The Globe and Mail

With age and wisdom, Canada looks better than the United States as a destination for potential immigrants, new research suggests.

Jack Jedwab, executive director of the Association for Canadian Studies, and Susan Hardwick, a University of Oregon geographer, argue that although Canada trails the United States as the most desirable global destination, the situation is reversed among those who are well-educated and slightly older.

... Among those who have completed only elementary education, the U.S. outstrips Canada by a considerable margin. But among those who have completed secondary education, Canada leads by 59 per cent to 51 per cent.

“The better-educated cohort may be more disposed to coming here because they feel opportunity is not as strong in the U.S. for people with higher levels of education. I would also argue we have a stronger support network, a stronger safety net, which may be a powerful incentive,” Dr. Jedwab said. “Part of it also has to do with people with greater knowledge of Canada, as opposed to the younger, less educated cohort, which has less knowledge of Canada.”

Dr. Jedwab argues the difference in education between immigrants to the two countries may explain why Canadian immigrants do better financially. Immigrants to Canada earned an average of $44,170, in 2006, compared with $34,400 in the U.S.. The gap between immigrant income and the national median income is also much more pronounced in the United States

Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/well-educated-older-immigrants-prefer-canada-to-us-poll-finds/article1614074/

[Kievan Rus]

1. The United States is the armpit of the developed world

[Warpy]

2. This country SUCKS for working people

so that's not a huge surprise.

Given the choice, I'd opt for Canada were I an Asian heading east or a European heading west. I'd opt for Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, or even Colombia over the US.

Forty years of unbroken conservative rule have turned this country into hell on earth for the bottom 80% of wealth holders.

The word seems to have gotten out, too.

[Oregone]

3. For anyone interested in the notion of the American Dream, there's no debate

Canada will be first on their list

[kenny blankenship]

4. Well see, we're specializing. Just as globalization advocates said all countries should do.

"huddled masses" of teeming "wretched refuse"

That's what we're known for. Let Canada attract the PhDs if that's what they want. There's bound to be a market for wretched refuse somewhere, and when it's located we'll corner it. We'll see who laughs last, O Canada.

[SoCalDem]

5. Universal health care has to be a big plus

why spend time, money & effort to go to a place where you will be harassed and bled to death financially if you or a kid gets sick, when you can go to a place where you will be just as comfy (except for the fact that you might be wearing a winter coat for a longer time every year).

[area51]

6. +1 (n/t)