We examine a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States, the Exchange Visitor Skills List … prevent draining developing nations of needed skills, today the Skills List in practice is outdated and misdirected. It is … Skills List. Despite the stated purpose of the List, these restrictions fall more heavily on relatively advanced economies …

proper framework to attract talented, skilled and creative youth, regardless their origin country. …

Settlers -- Toronto: The City of Settlers -- Cutting Bamboo: Migrants and Transnational Ethnic Networks -- The Social Network …: Migrants and Transnational Networking Organizations -- The Social Network: Migrants and Transnational Networking Organizations. … professionals and other migrants to develop complex social strategies that link and cross the global and local levels. With rich …

services abroad on language skills at immigration trace back directly to migrants' participation in language courses, revealing … requirements on characteristics such as education and language skills. We rely on a standard self-selection model with … positive (self-)selection of migrants along several dimensions, such as education, experience, and the probability of holding a …