Selection Criteria and the Skill Composition of Immigrants: A Comparative Analysis of Australian and U.S. Employment Immigration

Guillermina Jasso; Mark R. Rosenzweig

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195382433.003.0006

Selection Criteria and the Skill Composition of Immigrants: A Comparative Analysis of Australian and U.S. Employment Immigration

Guillermina Jasso, Mark R. Rosenzweig

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This chapter provides an analysis of the selection criteria and an empirical examination of the effects of different criteria on the actual skill composition of immigrants in a comparative analysis of the U.S. and Australian systems. It shows that geography matters in the sense that who a country's neighbors are, in terms of their level and type of development, has a significant effect on the size and skill composition of employment migrants. There is no evidence that the differences in the selection mechanism used to screen employment migrants in the two countries play a significant role in affecting the characteristics of skill migration.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Skilled Immigration Today
Subtitle of host publication	Prospects, Problems, and Policies
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199852352
ISBN (Print)	9780195382433
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195382433.003.0006
State	Published - Apr 21 2009

Keywords

Australia
Employment migrants
Geography
Immigration system
Skill composition
United states

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General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

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