Comparing Immigration Policies: An Overview from the IMPALA Database

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 827-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Beine ◽  
Anna Boucher ◽  
Brian Burgoon ◽  
Mary Crock ◽  
Justin Gest ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Treatment ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Skilled Labor ◽  
Labor Migrants ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Immigration Regulation ◽  
Selection Of

This paper introduces a method and preliminary findings from a database that systematically measures the character and stringency of immigration policies. Based on the selection of that data for nine countries between 1999 and 2008, we challenge the idea that any one country is systematically the most or least restrictive toward admissions. The data also reveal trends toward more complex and, often, more restrictive regulation since the 1990s, as well as differential treatment of groups, such as lower requirements for highly skilled than low-skilled labor migrants. These patterns illustrate the IMPALA data and methods but are also of intrinsic importance to understanding immigration regulation.

Comparing the Experiences of Highly Skilled Labor Migrants in Sweden and Japan: Barriers and Doors to Long-term Settlement

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayaka Osanami Törngren ◽  
Hilary J. Holbrow
Keyword(s):  
Skilled Labor ◽  
Labor Migrants ◽  
Highly Skilled

Dynamics of Immigration: From Humanitarianism to Securitization

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reumah Suhail
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
World War ◽  
Post World War Ii ◽  
Immigration Process ◽  
History Of ◽  
Selection Of

The paper addresses the different aspects of the politics of immigration, the underlying factors that motivate, force or pressurize people to move from their country of origin to new abodes in foreign nations. In the introduction the paper discusses different theories playing their due role in the immigration process, namely Realism and Constructivism. The paper examines the history of immigration and post-World War II resettlement followed by an analysis of how immigration policies are now centered towards securitization as opposed to humanitarianism after 9/11, within the scenario of globalization. Muslim migrant issues and more stringent immigration policies are also weighed in on, followed by a look at immigration in regions which are not hotspot settlement destinations. Lastly an analysis is presented about the selection of a host country a person opts for when contemplating relocation; a new concept is also discussed and determined whereby an individual can opt for “citizenship by investment” and if such a plan is an accepted means of taking on a new nationality.

Thinking Outside of the Box: Exploring a Conceptual Synthesis for Research in the Area of Athletic Labor Migration

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 482-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Elliott ◽  
Joseph Maguire
Keyword(s):  
Labor Migration ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Skilled Labor ◽  
Highly Skilled

The global migrations of athletic workers have increased dramatically in magnitude, composition, and direction in recent years. Studies examining these migrations have, however, remained limited to specific areas and have restricted their vision to those workers employed in the athletic sector. Few studies have drawn on concepts derived from research tracing the migrations of workers in other areas: the highly skilled for example. This paper shows how an understanding of athletic labor migration could be extended by drawing on research from the area of highly skilled labor migration. The paper also proposes a potential framework for future research in this area.

scholarly journals Highly Skilled Migrants from Central Asian States at the Russian Labor Market

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 186-204
Author(s):  
Vladimir Mukomel
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Labor Migrants ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Highly Skilled Migrants ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Cis Countries ◽  
Second Wave

The article examines the features of employment in the Russian labor market of highly skilled labor migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The main attention is paid to their economic activities, occupations, wages and labor intensity in comparison with similar characteristics of less skilled Central Asian labor migrants and highly skilled migrants from other post-Soviet states. It is concluded that highly skilled migrants from Central Asia, being more successful than their less skilled compatriots, lose in competition for the best jobs to highly skilled migrants from other countries. Special attention is paid to the behavior of highly skilled Central Asian migrants during the pandemic in 2020, when they demonstrated a high potential for adaptation to the extraordinary transformation of the labor market. Regarding the situation as temporary during the first wave of the pandemic (spring 2020), confident in their ability to find a job in Russia and not wanting to leave it, highly qualified Central Asian migrants did not err in their expectations, strengthening their position in the Russian labor market. During the second wave of the pandemic (autumn 2020), their optimism, based on assessing the possibilities of finding a decent job in Russia, satisfaction with conditions and wages, increased even more. The empirical base of the study was the results of sociological surveys of labor migrants from the CIS countries, Ukraine and Georgia in 2017, as well as during the first and second waves of the pandemic (2020).

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Vestibular Sense and Psychological Characteristics of Highly Skilled Athletes Who Specialize in Sailing during the Competition Period

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 2473-2476
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Relationship ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Vertical Posture ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Coordination Disorders ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Competition Period ◽  
Selection Of

During the competition period highly skilled athletes who specialize in sailing experience fatigue, which manifests itself in the form of coordination disorders in maintaining balance. Therefore, it is important to determine the level and dynamics of the vestibular sense development, provide forecasts and perform the professional selection of athletes into the team. The research on the biomechanical process of maintaining the vertical posture by athletes in this kind of sport and the relevant psychological characteristics is reduced to establishing a qualitative and quantitative relationship between the coordinating properties of an athlete and their main psychological characteristics.

scholarly journals Parenthood and Productivity of Highly Skilled Labor: Evidence from the Groves of Academe

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Krapf ◽  
Heinrich Ursprung ◽  
Christian Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Skilled Labor ◽  
Highly Skilled

Does the investment climate rating influence the economic development of the region?

2019 ◽  
pp. 90-102
Author(s):  
Philipp S. Kartaev ◽  
Konstantin E. Polunin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Skilled Labor ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
National Investment ◽  
The Impact

The paper examines the impact of improving the characteristics of the national investment climate rating of a subject of the Russian Federation on economic development. Based on the analysis of regional panel data for the period from 2014 to 2018, it was shown that an increase in the rating of a region is associated with an inflow of investments and an increase in GRP. One of the identified channels of this influence is associated with the market of highly skilled labor. It is demonstrated that, given the inaccessibility of detailed information about the results of the regions development to investors, the rating does not fully function as a signal to them. Based on the obtained results, the recommendations for improving the rating methodology were formulated.

scholarly journals Parenthood and productivity of highly skilled labor: Evidence from the groves of academe

2017 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 147-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Krapf ◽  
Heinrich W. Ursprung ◽  
Christian Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Skilled Labor ◽  
Highly Skilled

Towards a Gendered Evaluation of (Highly) Skilled Immigration Policies in Europe

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 116-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonore Kofman
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Skilled Immigration

scholarly journals The Exclusionary Foundations of Embedded Liberalism

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Sara Wallace Goodman ◽  
Thomas B. Pepinsky
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Capital Controls ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Welfare Programs ◽  
Labor Migrants ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Embedded Liberalism ◽  
Political Foundations ◽  
Generous Welfare

AbstractAnalyses of embedded liberalism have focused overwhelmingly on trade in goods and capital, to the exclusion of migration. We argue that much as capital controls were essential components of the embedded liberal compromise, so too were restrictions on the democratic and social rights of labor migrants. Generous welfare programs in labor-receiving countries thrived alongside inclusionary immigration policies, but this balanced arrangement was only tenable if migrants were politically excluded in their destination countries. That is, embedded liberalism abroad rested on exclusionary political foundations at home. In bringing together the IPE literature on the “globalization trilemma” with the comparative politics of citizenship, we provide a novel account of how embedded liberalism worked politically, with implications for current debates about the fate of the liberal order in a time of populist resurgence.

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