Economy

Securing the Border: Defining the Current Population Living in the Shadows and Addressing Future Flows

Through an Immigrant Lens: PIAAC Assessment of the Competencies of Adults in the United States

Immigrants make up a disproportionate share of low-skilled U.S. adults, yet limited training access leaves this human-capital potential unrealized.

Mentoring Practices in Europe and North America: Strategies for improving immigrants' employment outcomes

Mentoring improves migrants' labour market outcomes, but fragmented funding and weak multistakeholder collaboration limit its scale.

The Points System Is Dead, Long Live the Points System

A new generation of immigration points systems worldwide are hybrids relying on employer demand as well as supply-driven selection.

Digging Deeper Into Executive Action: A Further Examination of the Impacts

A discussion of some of the less examined aspects of President Obama's executive actions on immigration, with respect to immigration enforcement, legal immigration, and immigrant integration. 

Better Work for Immigrants: Tackling joblessness and stunted progression in the European Union

This day-long conference in Brussels, co-sponsored by the International Labour Office and the European Commision’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion, focuses on the dynamics by which migrants get stuck in low-skilled work, and the role of training and employment services in helping them progress in their occupations.

Aiming Higher: Policies to get immigrants into middle-skilled work in Europe

European integration policies have prioritized getting immigrants into work over career progression. Without reform, persistent labor market gaps will widen.

The Global Boom in Investor Immigration: What Are the Lessons for Policymakers?

A discussion on the extraordinary boom in investor immigration. From the rapidly expanding EB-5 visa in the United States to Malta’s controversial “cash for citizenship” policy and a host of programs across Europe and the Caribbean, governments are increasingly offering residence rights or citizenship to wealthy individuals in return for a significant economic investment.

Benign Neglect? Policies to Support Upward Mobility for Immigrants in the United Kingdom

The flexible UK labor market helps immigrants find work but not advance, and austerity cuts to language and vocational training have left upward mobility largely to chance.

Shifting Focus: Policies to Support the Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in France

France subordinates socioeconomic integration to cultural goals, leaving immigrants more likely to be unemployed or in low-skilled work.