Attracting skilled immigrants: an overview of recent policy developments in advanced countries

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Attracting skilled immigrants: an overview of recent policy developments in advanced countries

In this paper we review the policies put in place by the main Western destination countries to attract highly skilled migrants. Two main systems can be identified. On the one hand, employer-driven schemes typically call for the migrant to meet a set of minimum skill requirements and to have a job of...

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Main Authors:	Facchini, Giovanni, Lodigiani, Elisabetta
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage 2014
Subjects:	Skilled immigration immigration policy
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30494/

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