Projecting Demand for Skilled Foreign Labor and Meeting Skills Shortages : Selected Country Approach

Policy makers apply skilled labor gap projections to their immigration policies in a number of ways including: differentiating immigration policies by region, based on skills supply and demand mismatches; introducing more flexibility in admissions policies to acquire specific skills; and designing programs to actively attract immigrants with specific needed skills to specific occupations. Challenges in projecting an economy's demand for skilled foreign labor may include bias and gaps in available data sources, as well as difficulty determining the most appropriate methodology and impediments posed by imperfect methodological assumptions. A difficult economic context may provide further challenges to projecting and filling foreign labor needs.

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Main Author:	Irving, Jacqueline
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-01
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING, BABY, BENEFITS OF MIGRATION, BIRTH RATES, BRAIN DRAIN, CENSUS DATA, CITIZENS, CITIZENSHIP, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, DEMAND FOR IMMIGRANTS, DEMAND FOR LABOR, DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISCUSSIONS, DOMESTIC LABOR, DOMESTIC LABOR MARKET, DOMESTIC LABOR MARKETS, ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, EDUCATED MIGRANTS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EMIGRATION, EMPLOYABILITY, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES, EUROPEAN MIGRATION, FERTILITY, FERTILITY RATE, FOREIGN LABOR, FOREIGN SKILLED WORKERS, FOREIGN STUDENTS, FOREIGN WORKERS, FUTURE LABOR, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, HIGHLY QUALIFIED WORKERS, HIGHLY SKILLED FOREIGNERS, HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS, HOME AFFAIRS, HOST COUNTRIES, HOST COUNTRY, IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANT FLOW, IMMIGRANT INFLOWS, IMMIGRANTS, IMMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION COUNTRIES, IMMIGRATION LAW, IMMIGRATION LAWS, IMMIGRATION POLICIES, IMMIGRATION POLICY, IMMIGRATION QUOTAS, IMMIGRATION REFORM, IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION, INCOME, INDEPENDENT IMMIGRATION, INFORMAL SECTOR, INNOVATION, INSURANCE, INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTS, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION, JOB CREATION, JOB OFFER, JOB OFFERS, JOB SECURITY, JOB TRAINING, JOB VACANCIES, JOBS, LABOR DEMAND, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS, LABOR MARKET DEMAND, LABOR MARKET INDICATORS, LABOR MARKET INFORMATION, LABOR MARKET NEEDS, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR MIGRATION, LABOR OFFICES, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, LABOR SHORTAGE, LABOR SHORTAGES, LABOR STATISTICS, LABOR SUPPLY, LABOR-MARKET, LABOUR, LABOUR FORCE, LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, LABOUR MARKET, LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION, LABOUR STUDIES, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL FIRMS, LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, MARKET ECONOMIES, MATHEMATICS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, MIGRANT, MIGRANT WORKERS, MIGRANT-RECEIVING COUNTRIES, MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES, MIGRATION INFLOWS, MORTALITY, NATIONAL SECURITY, NATIONALS, NET IMMIGRATION, NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS, NUMBER OF WORKERS, NUMERICAL QUOTAS, NURSES, OCCUPATION, OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION, OCCUPATIONS, OLDER PEOPLE, OLDER WORKERS, PERMANENT RESIDENCE, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLICY MAKERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS, PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, PUBLIC INFORMATION, QUALITATIVE INFORMATION, RECOMMENDATIONS, RECRUITMENT PROCEDURES, REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT, REMITTANCE, REMITTANCES, RESIDENCE STATUS, RESPECT, RIGHT TO WORK, RULE OF LAW, RURAL AREAS, SENATE BILL, SKILL LEVEL, SKILLED EMPLOYEES, SKILLED FOREIGN LABOR, SKILLED FOREIGN WORKERS, SKILLED LABOR, SKILLED MIGRANTS, SKILLED MIGRATION, SKILLED OCCUPATIONS, SKILLED WORKERS, SKILLS GAPS, SMALL COUNTRIES, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL WORKERS, SUPPLY SHORTAGES, TEMPORARY MIGRANTS, TERRORIST, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TRADE UNIONS, TRAINING COMPONENT, TRAINING PROGRAMS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, UNSKILLED LABOR, UNSKILLED WORKERS, WAR, WORK ACTIVITIES, WORK EXPERIENCE, WORK FORCE, WORK PERMITS, WORKER, WORKFORCE, WORKING CONDITIONS, WORKING POPULATION, WORLD MIGRATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17624049/projecting-demand-skilled-foreign-labor-meeting-skills-shortages-selected-country-approach-projecting-demand-skilled-foreign-labor-meeting-skills-shortages-selected-country-approach https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16444
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