Abstract
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) |
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| 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 | |
| State | Published - Apr 21 2009 |
Keywords
- Australia
- Employment migrants
- Geography
- Immigration system
- Skill composition
- United states
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)