Immigration Policy and the Search for Skilled Workers: Summary of a Workshop

by Policy and Global Affairs, and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Economic Policy Board on Science, Technology

The market for high-skilled workers is becoming increasingly global, as are the markets for knowledge and ideas. While high-skilled immigrants in the United States represent a much smaller proportion of the workforce than they do in countries such as Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, these immigrants have an important role in spurring innovation and economic growth in all countries and filling shortages in the domestic labor supply.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309337828
• ISBN13: 9780309337823
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"