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Xingfei Liu is a labor economist in the Department of Economics at the University of Alberta. His research guides public policy by estimating the effects of interventions in labor markets. Xingfei is interested in any economic policy that improves labor market outcomes for disadvantaged population groups such as immigrants, ethnic minorities, or women.
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Duleep, H.O., Dowhan, D., & Liu, X. (2023). A historical note on the assimilation rates of foreign-born women in the US. Preprint. University of Alberta Publication 2023-04-28 Safety nets and investment choices University of Alberta Publication 2025-06-01 Chuhong Wang,
Liu, X. , Massimiliano Tani, Yan Zhao
A Historical Note on the Assimilation Rates of Foreign-Born Men and Women in the U.S This project is closely related to the currently ongoing project "Immigrant Earnings Assimilation in Canada: Cohorts, Inequality, and Sample Selection" under Theme 2 <>. The paper is currently under review at Career Development International.TRS2 1.3 University of Alberta Publication 2025-01-01 Harriet Orcutt Duleep, Daniel J Dowhan,
Liu, X. , Mark C Regets, Robert Gesumaria
TRS2 1.3 Earnings assimilation of immigrants in Canada: 1971–2021 TRS2 1.3 University of Alberta Conference 2025-05-09 TRS2 1.3 presentation at 2025 14th International Symposium of Quantitative Economics, Jilin University, Changchun, China, July 2025 This was an earlier version of the paper titled "Immigrant Earnings Assimilation in Canada:
Cohorts, Inequality, and Sample Selection",
Authors:
Husame Doganay (Department of Economics, University of Alberta), Tony Fang (Department of Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Xingfei Liu (Department of Economics, University of Alberta), Saba Ranjbar (Department of Economics, University of Alberta), Arthur Sweetman (Department of Economics, McMaster University)
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In this paper, we leverage a novel methodology in investigating immigrant’s earning dynamics in
Canada over a crucial period of 1971-2021 when both the world and Canadian economy
witnessed profound transformations: such as the rapid ascent of digital technologies; volatile
shifts in the phase of globalization; and the unprecedented rise of remote work; accelerated by
the COVID-19 pandemic. Our innovative econometric approach allows us to non-parametrically
track earnings of successive Canadian immigrant cohorts in the face of such dramatic economic
transformations in the Canadian labour market. We argue that classical sample selection criteria
and traditional regression based functional analysis of immigrant earnings often offers only one
side of the whole picture on how immigrants assimilate into the Canadian labour market. Our
non-parametric cohort-tracking analysis offers a more comprehensive view on how immigrants
fare in the Canadian labour market. Our results suggests that during the past five decades,
Canadian immigrants’ earnings continue to fall behind natives. We show large and persistent
heterogeneity in earnings gap among cohorts and gender. Our paper provides a comprehensive
lens through which policy makers can see how historical (technological change, trade wars) and
recent trends (AI, Remote work) have shaped how Canadian labour market utilizes the skills and
productivities brought by international immigrants.TRS2 1.3 University of Alberta Conference 2025-07-10 TRS2 1.3 The Chinese Economists Society China Annual Conference, Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, July 2025 The presented paper was an earlier version of the paper titled "Immigrant Earnings Assimilation in Canada: Cohorts, Inequality, and Sample Selection"
Authors:
Husame Doganay (Department of Economics, University of Alberta), Tony Fang (Department of Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Xingfei Liu (Department of Economics, University of Alberta), Saba Ranjbar (Department of Economics, University of Alberta), Arthur Sweetman (Department of Economics, McMaster University)
TRS2 1.3 University of Alberta Conference 2025-07-06 TRS2 1.3 Western Economic Association International (WEAI) 18th International Conference TRS2 1.3 University of Alberta Conference 2026-04-01 TRS2 1.3
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