International migration outlook [electronic resource] : annual report. 2008.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

International migration outlook ; 2008

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 p.)

Edition:

2008 ed.

Place of Publication:

[Paris] : OECD, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edition focuses on the employment situation of immigrants. For the first time, this report presents a "scoreboard" of labour-market integration of immigrants, as well as an analysis of wage differentials between immigrants and the native-born. The publication also examines the new laws governing immigrants' entry, stay and access to the labour market. The selective recruitment of immigrants according to labour market needs is described, as are measures to facilitate the integration of immigrants. International cooperation to improve border control and to combat irregular migration is anal

Contents:

Foreword; Table of Contents; Editorial. Temporary Labour Migration: An Illusory Promise?; Introduction; Part I. Recent Trends in International Migration; Part II. Management of Low-Skilled Labour Migration; Part III. Return Migration: A New Perspective; Part IV. Recent Changes in Migration Movements and Policies (Country Notes); Statistical Annex; List of SOPEMI Correspondants; List of OECD Secretariat Members Involved in the Preparation of this Report

Notes:

"This publication constitutes the thirty-second report of the OECD's Continuous Reporting System on Migration (known by it's French acronym SOPEMI)" -- foreword.

ISBN:

1-281-82807-6

9786611828073

92-64-05575-4

OCLC:

437234552