Using data from the Extended Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC-IMDB), this article investigates the association between early adverse labor market experiences in the host country and immigrants’ long-term earnings. We use Growth Curve Modeling (GCM) to estimate how months of joblessness, part-time status, and occupational mismatch during the first four years in Canada relate to immigrant men’s and women’s earnings trajectories over the following 10 years. Part-time employment, we find, is negatively associated with long-term earnings trajectories for both male and female immigrants, and male immigrants who are occupationally mismatched in the medium term also face a long-term wage penalty. Months of joblessness early on, however, is associated with relatively less wage disadvantage in later years. Since immigrants’ early difficulties are associated with long-term economic scarring, it is imperative to introduce early interventions to promote rapid assimilation.

本文使用来自加拿大的扩展移民纵向调查（LSIC-IMDB）的数据，研究了东道国早期不利的劳动力市场经验与移民的长期收入之间的关系。我们使用增长曲线建模（GCM）来估计加拿大头四年的失业，兼职状态和职业失配数月与接下来的10年中男女移民收入轨迹的关系。我们发现，兼职工作与男性和女性移民的长期收入轨迹均呈负相关，并且在中期职业错配的男性移民也将面临长期的工资罚款。然而，早期几个月的失业与后来几年相对较少的工资劣势相关。