Journal article
The gravity of high-skilled migration policies
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Combining unique annual bilateral high-skilled immigration labor flow data for 10 OECD destinations between 2000 and 2012, with new databases comprising both unilateral and bilateral policy instruments, we present the first judicious cross-country assessment of policies aimed to attract and select high-skilled workers. Points-based systems are much more effective in attracting and selecting high-skilled migrants than requiring a job offer, labor market tests and shortage-lists. Offers of perm...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 838.0KB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1007/s13524-017-0559-1
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- Publisher:
- Springer Verlag Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Demography Journal website
- Volume:
- 54
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 603–630
- Publication date:
- 2017-03-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-11-26
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1533-7790
- ISSN:
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0070-3370
- Source identifiers:
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665380
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- pubs:665380
- Deposit date:
- 2016-12-13
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- Copyright holder:
- Population Association of America
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © Population Association of America 2016. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Springer at: [10.1007/s13524-017-0559-1]
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