Mikal Skuterud, University of Waterloo

Research

international students migration choices labour market outcomes temporary foreign workers regional labour markets displacement effects

Latest funding

The impact of international students' skills on their immigration and labour market outcomes
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$50,491
The impact of international students' skills on their immigration and labour market outcomes
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$13,198
The potential for a selective immigration policy to increase innovation; evidence from Canada
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$60,731

All 6 grants and awards

The impact of international students' skills on their immigration and labour market outcomes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Skuterud, Mikal

Keywords: international students; migration choices; labour market outcomes

$50,491

The impact of international students' skills on their immigration and labour market outcomes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Skuterud, Mikal

Keywords: international students; migration choices; labour market outcomes

$13,198

The potential for a selective immigration policy to increase innovation; evidence from Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Blit, Joel

Keywords: (1) innovation; (2) immigration; (3) spillovers; (4) patents; (5) productivity; (6) economic growth

$60,731

The impact of the temporary foreign worker program on the Canadian economy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Skuterud, Mikal

Keywords: temporary foreign workers; regional labour markets; displacement effects

$87,440

Gone fishing absenteeism, shirking, and the weather

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Skuterud, Mikal

Keywords: absenteeism; shirking; weather; recreation demand

$60,000

Studies of immigrant wage growth using longitudinal microdata

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Skuterud, Mikal

Keywords: immigration; assimilation; wage growth

$70,900

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: international students Dear Professor Skuterud, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on international students connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The impact of international students' skills on their immigration and labour market outcomes" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]