Immigration policy and the search for skilled workers : summary of a workshop / Gail Cohen, Aqila Coulthurst. and Joe Alper, rapporteurs ; Committee on High-Skilled Immigration Policy and the Global Competition for Talent, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic policy, Polcy and Global Affairs, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Gail A., author.

Coulthurst, Aquila, author.

Alper, Joe, author.

Contributor:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on High-Skilled Immigration Policy and the Gobal Competition for Talent, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skilled labor--Government policy.

Skilled labor.

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--Congresses.

United States.

Skilled labor--Government policy--United States--Congresses.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xv, 138 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2015]

Summary:

The market for high-skilled workers is becoming increasingly global, as are the markets for knowledge and ideas. While high-skilled immigrants in the United States represent a much smaller proportion of the workforce than they do in countries such as Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, these immigrants have an important role in spurring innovation and economic growth in all countries and filling shortages in the domestic labor supply. This report summarizes the proceedings of a Fall 2014 workshop that focused on how immigration policy can be used to attract and retain foreign talent. Participants compared policies on encouraging migration and retention of skilled workers, attracting qualified foreign students and retaining them post-graduation, and input by states or provinces in immigration policies to add flexibility in countries with regional employment differences, among other topics. They also discussed how immigration policies have changed over time in response to undesired labor market outcomes and whether there was sufficient data to measure those outcomes.

Contents:

1 Introduction and Overview 1

Statement of Task 2

Organization of the Summary 3

2 High-Skilled Immigration and Ideas in a World of Global Education and Research Collaborations 7

Discussion 13

3 Skilled Migration Trends and Policy Evolution: A Multilateral Overview 15

Recent Trends and Future Challenges in the Global Competition for Skills 16

Transforming the Canadian Immigration System 20

Australia's Approach to High-Skilled Immigration 23

Discussion 26

4 Comparative System Design and Effects 29

Five Sets of Challenges for Skilled Immigration Policy: Lessons from Canada 30

Comparing the U.S. and Canadian Immigration Systems 33

The United Kingdom's Experience with Immigration Policy 39

A U.S. Perspective 41

Comparison of Skilled Migration Policies and Outcomes in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand 44

High-Skilled Migration to Asian Nations 50

The Political Economy of Skilled Migration Policies 53

Discussion 55

5 Competing for Students and Entrepreneurs 61

Designer Immigrants? International Students as Potential Skilled Migrants 61

Investor Visas in OECD Countries 67

Competing for Flows of Students 69

Discussion 75

6 The Effects of Immigration on Innovation and Labor Markets 79

High-Skilled Migration and Imperfect Labor Markets 79

The Israeli Experience with High-Skilled Migration 83

Immigration and U.S. Innovation 88

Comments on the Presentations 92

Discussion 93

7 Policy Implications for High-Skilled Immigration 97

Panel Discussion 97

Open Discussion 106

8 Key Points Made in the Workshop 109.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-115).

ISBN:

0309337828

9780309337823

OCLC:

934602704