Overview
- Synthesizes empirical evidence with explanatory political science to explain different attitudes to high-skilled immigration.
Part of the book series: International Series on Public Policy (ISPP)
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This book examines the variation in high-skilled immigration policies in OECD countries. These countries face economic and social pressures from slowing productivity, ageing populations and pressing labour shortages. To address these inter-related challenges, the potential of the global labour market needs to be harnessed. Countries need to intensify their efforts to attract talented people – the best and the brightest. While some are excelling in this new marketplace, others lag behind. The book explores the reasons for this, analysing the interplay between interests and institutions. It considers the key role of coalitions between labour (both high- and low-skilled) and capital. Central to the analysis is a newly constructed index of openness to high-skilled immigrants, supplemented by detailed case studies of France, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. The book contributes to the literature on immigration, political economy and public policy, and appeals toacademic and policy audiences.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction and Theory
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Comparative Analysis of France, Germany, Sweden, the UK and the USA
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Reviews
“Cerna’s work is a solid contribution to the growing, but fragmented, body of research on high-skilled immigration policies that have generally examined profession or country-specific developments, or issues such as gender and family formation. … This is a refreshing approach to studying high-skilled immigration, which has long been dominated by scholars working in the field of management studies. … it offers lessons for deepening our overall understanding of migration regulation.” (Meng-Hsuan Chou, Migration Studies, Vol. 7 (1), 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr Lucie Cerna is an analyst in the Directorate for Education and Skills at the OECD, Paris, France, and Research Associate at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, UK. Previously she was a Lecturer at Merton College, University of Oxford, UK, and Assistant Professor in Global Challenges at Leiden University, the Netherlands.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Immigration Policies and the Global Competition for Talent
Authors: Lucie Cerna
Series Title: International Series on Public Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57156-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57155-7Published: 25 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-84833-1Published: 13 February 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57156-4Published: 05 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2524-7301
Series E-ISSN: 2524-731X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 283
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy