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<p>Research on the geographic mobility of journeypersons in Canada is growing, but less is known about the economic gains or losses associated with different forms of mobility. Using a sociology of work lens, we analyze data from the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP) to create a sample of 423,565 journeypersons who achieved Red Seal certification between 2009 and 2020 (aged 18–65). We test whether there is an economic premium for distinct forms of mobility: employment mobility, residential mobility, and their overlap. Descriptively, the results show that movers earn substantially more than stayers. Median incomes for movers exceed those of stayers in every province except Alberta, with the largest mover advantages observed for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia. Multivariate results show that employment mobility yields the highest adjusted earnings, followed by engaging in both employment and residential mobility; in contrast, residential-only mobility is associated with an earnings penalty relative to staying. Taken together, the findings indicate that the Red Seal framework facilitates economic returns primarily when mobility connects workers to jobs across provincial or territorial lines, underscoring the value of policies that lower frictions to interprovincial employment matching.</p>

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Labour Mobility in Canada: Do Journeypersons Receive an Economic Premium for Moving?

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    2026年6月1日

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  • Taylor Paul,
  • Michael Haan,
  • Hyeongsuk Jin,
  • Era Rana

摘要

Research on the geographic mobility of journeypersons in Canada is growing, but less is known about the economic gains or losses associated with different forms of mobility. Using a sociology of work lens, we analyze data from the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP) to create a sample of 423,565 journeypersons who achieved Red Seal certification between 2009 and 2020 (aged 18–65). We test whether there is an economic premium for distinct forms of mobility: employment mobility, residential mobility, and their overlap. Descriptively, the results show that movers earn substantially more than stayers. Median incomes for movers exceed those of stayers in every province except Alberta, with the largest mover advantages observed for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia. Multivariate results show that employment mobility yields the highest adjusted earnings, followed by engaging in both employment and residential mobility; in contrast, residential-only mobility is associated with an earnings penalty relative to staying. Taken together, the findings indicate that the Red Seal framework facilitates economic returns primarily when mobility connects workers to jobs across provincial or territorial lines, underscoring the value of policies that lower frictions to interprovincial employment matching.