Like immigrants, aboriginal populations ’ economic success may be enhanced by the acquisition of skills and traits appropriate to the “majority ” culture in which they reside. Using 1991 Canadian Census data, we show that Aboriginal labour market success is greater for Aboriginals whose ancestors in...
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| Summary: | Like immigrants, aboriginal populations ’ economic success may be enhanced by the acquisition of skills and traits appropriate to the “majority ” culture in which they reside. Using 1991 Canadian Census data, we show that Aboriginal labour market success is greater for Aboriginals whose ancestors intermarried with non-Aboriginals, for those who live off Indian reserves, and for those who live outside the Yukon and Northwest Territories. While these three “facts ” could also be explained by a combination of other processes, such as discrimination, physical remoteness, and selection, only the skill/trait acquisition, or “assimilation ” hypothesis is consistent with all three. |
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