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Mohsen Javdani

Simon Fraser University, Canada

I believe that IZA World of Labor provides a unique and much-needed platform. It allows researchers to communicate, with a wide range of audiences, important and informative scholarly findings on labor market issues in a way that is clear, concise, and easily accessible. I believe this is a very noble contribution and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to be a small part of it, especially on the important topic of public attitudes toward immigration which plays an important role in influencing immigration policy and immigrants’ integration experience

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Author

Current position

Associate Professor of Economics, School of Public Policy, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Research interest

Applied econometrics, labor economics, economics of gender, economics of immigration, economics of education, personnel economics, economics and ideology

Website

http://mohsenjavdani.com/

Past positions

Associate Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus), Canada; Assistant Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus), Canada (2012–2019)

Qualifications

PhD in Economics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, 2012

Selected publications

  • “Canadian immigrants and training opportunities: Evidence from Canadian linked employer employee data.” Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society (Forthcoming) (with B. Dostie).

  • “Not for the profit, but for the training? Gender differences in training in the for-profit and non-profit sectors.” British Journal of Industrial Relation (Forthcoming) (with B. Dostie).

  • "Job satisfaction and coworker pay in Canadian firms.” Canadian Journal of Economics (Forthcoming) (with B. Krauth).

  • “Moving up or falling behind? Gender, promotions, and wages in Canada.” Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 58:2 (2019): 189–228 (with A. McGee).

  • "Labour market mobility and early-career outcomes of young immigrant men.” IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8:1 (2018): 20 (with A. McGee).

article(s)

  • Public attitudes toward immigration—Determinants and unknowns

    Sociopsychological factors are much more important than economic issues in shaping attitudes toward immigration

    Mohsen Javdani, March 2020
    Public attitudes toward immigration play an important role in influencing immigration policy and immigrants’ integration experience. This highlights the importance of a systematic examination of these public attitudes and their underlying drivers. Evidence increasingly suggests that while a majority of individuals favor restrictive immigration policies, particularly against ethnically different immigrants, there exists significant variation in these public views by country, education, age, and so on. In addition, sociopsychological factors play a significantly more important role than economic concerns in driving these public attitudes and differences.
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