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Immigration Policies: Competing for Skills

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  • Wolfgang Ochel, 2000. "Immigration Policies: Competing for Skills," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 1(04), pages 27-33, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifofor:v:1:y:2000:i:04:p:27-33
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    1. DeVoretz, Don J. & Laryea, Samuel A., 1999. "Canadian Immigration Experience: Any Lessons for Europe?," IZA Discussion Papers 59, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    5. Paul W. Miller, 1999. "Immigration Policy and Immigrant Quality: The Australian Points System," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 89(2), pages 192-197, May.
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    Keywords

    Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte; Einwanderung; Personalbeschaffung; Internationale Arbeitmobilität; Arbeitsnachfrage; Deutschland; Vereinigte Staaten; Australien; Neuseeland; Kanada; Highly skilled labour; Immigration; Hiring; International labour mobility; Labour demand; Germany; United states; Australia; New Zealand; Canada;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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