Reliable access to labor is an ongoing key concern for many employers, in particular for those in regions. As an attempt to help mitigate the effects of labor shortages, immigration has been deployed as a key strategy, but most immigrants are concentrated in large cities. A sector that represents an interesting case in point is the food production sector, which includes primary agriculture and food processing. We use a rich longitudinal micro-database for the years 2001–2013 from the Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamic Database to identify the factors that have an impact on the recruitment and retention of Canadian-born and immigrant workers in the primary agriculture and food processing sectors. In particular, in response to the efforts to explore permanent residence pathways, whether or not immigrants with previous Canadian experience are more likely to stay in the sectors after entering remains a key question for policymakers that we investigate [EconLit Citations: J15, J18, J21, J63, Q10, Q12].

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劳动力短缺和移民：加拿大农业部门的案例

可靠地获得劳动力是许多雇主持续关注的关键问题，特别是对于那些在地区的雇主。为了帮助减轻劳动力短缺的影响，移民已被部署为一项关键战略，但大多数移民都集中在大城市。一个代表一个有趣例子的部门是食品生产部门，其中包括初级农业和食品加工。我们使用来自加拿大雇主-雇员动态数据库的 2001-2013 年丰富的纵向微观数据库来确定影响初级农业和食品加工部门加拿大出生和移民工人的招聘和保留的因素. 特别是响应探索永久居留途径的努力，