Abstract

This paper identifies the short- and long-term labor market impact of negative experiences in using social media to gather information about the Canadian labor market at the pre-arrival stage. Negative social media experiences, mainly due to misinformation and a lack of digital skills, have a short-term negative effect on employment and earnings, but these effects dissipate in the long-term. Pre-arrival settlement services can help to minimize the negative effects of these social media experiences on newcomers’ post-arrival labor market outcomes, but settlement services can pressure newcomers into precarious work.

中文翻译：

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社交媒体、定居服务使用和抵达后劳动力市场结果的抵达前经验

摘要

本文确定了在抵达前阶段使用社交媒体收集有关加拿大劳动力市场信息的负面经历对劳动力市场的短期和长期影响。负面的社交媒体体验，主要是由于错误信息和缺乏数字技能，对就业和收入有短期的负面影响，但这些影响会在长期内消失。抵达前安置服务有助于最大限度地减少这些社交媒体体验对新移民抵达后劳动力市场结果的负面影响，但安置服务可能会迫使新移民从事不稳定的工作。