Where are we today in understanding the role of the firm as a driver of international flows of highly skilled migrants? Reviewing the status of the literature on direct and indirect host country meso-level influences

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Bernhard H. Wittek
Keyword(s):  
Host Country ◽  
Meso Level ◽  
Highly Skilled Migrants ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
The Status

Migrants' Skills and Productivity: A European Perspective

2010 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. R20-R34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Huber ◽  
Michael Landesmann ◽  
Catherine Robinson ◽  
Robert Stehrer
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Native Workers ◽  
Downward Pressure ◽  
Highly Skilled Migrants ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Robust Evidence ◽  
The Eu

The freedom of movement of persons is one of the core tenets of the European Union. Immigration however is often seen as a cause for concern amongst native workers, as rising labour supply may threaten jobs and create downward pressure on wages. National politicians are increasingly under pressure to guard against it — in times of recession particularly. Despite this, there is evidence that highly-skilled migrant labour has the potential to raise competitiveness significantly and in theory this may feed into productivity. In this paper, we explore first the composition of inward migration to the EU and within the EU, concentrating specifically on the role of the highly-skilled and the extent to which migrants are overqualified within their jobs. We then analyse whether migrant workers affect productivity at the sectoral level. We find under-utilisation of skilled foreign labour and there is little evidence in general to suggest that migrants have raised productivity which may in part be attributable to over-qualification. However, we find robust evidence that migrants — particularly highly-skilled migrants — play a positive role in productivity developments in industries which are classified as ‘skill intensive’.

scholarly journals The Role of Migration Policies in the Attraction and Retention of International Talent: The Case of Indian Researchers

Sociology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sorana Toma ◽  
María Villares-Varela
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Geographic Mobility ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
Highly Skilled Migrants ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Work Abroad ◽  
Attraction And Retention ◽  
Skilled Group

Governments are increasingly implementing policies aimed at attracting or retaining highly skilled migrants. While a growing number of studies examine the effectiveness of these efforts, the actual mechanisms through which migration policies may operate have not been questioned. Drawing on an aspirations-capability framework for mobility, this article explores the role of migration policies in the geographic mobility decisions of researchers, a highly skilled group that has been specifically targeted by such policies. Focusing on Indian researchers and using qualitative methodology ( N = 40), we examine their decisions to study and/or work abroad, to stay or move elsewhere. The article shows that while migration policies do not seem to be influential in the attraction of students and researchers, they do play a role in the retention and subsequent moves of international talent.

The Dutch battle for highly skilled migrants: policy, implementation and the role of social networks

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isik Kulu-Glasgow ◽  
Djamila Schans ◽  
Monika Smit
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
The United States ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Skilled Migration ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Highly Skilled Migrants ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Developed Nations

In recent years a growing competition for talent has emerged among developed nations. Policymakers across North-America, Australia and Europe have implemented targeted migration programs to attract global talent in order to gain the net positive effects associated with skilled migration. Research so far has mainly focused on analyzing such programs in traditional destinations for highly skilled migrants such as the United States, Canada and Australia. In this article we take the Netherlands as a case study of the more recent European involvement in the ‘race for talent’. We first describe how ‘highly skilled’ migrants are categorized in the various skilled migration schemes that exist in the Netherlands. Secondly, by using primary data on highly-skilled migrants who participated in one of these schemes we look at whether the policy measures attracted the intended target group. We conclude that policy measures that favor highly skilled migrants by themselves are not enough to attract talent. Having social capital in the Netherlands as well as the recruiting efforts of Dutch employers are more important in attracting highly skilled migrants. Also, being highly skilled does not necessarily mean that access to the Dutch labor market is without obstacles.

The study of interfacial reactions of nickel thin films on GaAs

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 156-157
Author(s):  
L.J. Chen ◽  
Y.F. Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Interfacial Reactions ◽  
Metal Contacts ◽  
Nickel Thin Films ◽  
Thin Foils ◽  
The Status ◽  
Si Doped ◽  
Electron Microscopes

One measure of the maturity of a device technology is the ease and reliability of applying contact metallurgy. Compared to metal contact of silicon, the status of GaAs metallization is still at its primitive stage. With the advent of GaAs MESFET and integrated circuits, very stringent requirements were placed on their metal contacts. During the past few years, extensive researches have been conducted in the area of Au-Ge-Ni in order to lower contact resistances and improve uniformity. In this paper, we report the results of TEM study of interfacial reactions between Ni and GaAs as part of the attempt to understand the role of nickel in Au-Ge-Ni contact of GaAs.N-type, Si-doped, (001) oriented GaAs wafers, 15 mil in thickness, were grown by gradient-freeze method. Nickel thin films, 300Å in thickness, were e-gun deposited on GaAs wafers. The samples were then annealed in dry N2 in a 3-zone diffusion furnace at temperatures 200°C - 600°C for 5-180 minutes. Thin foils for TEM examinations were prepared by chemical polishing from the GaA.s side. TEM investigations were performed with JE0L- 100B and JE0L-200CX electron microscopes.

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