Employment-Based Immigration

Explore all research, analysis, commentary, and data on the employment-based pathways that countries use to bring in workers.

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Talent, Competitiveness, and Migration

This book release and discussion focused on the accumulation of talent and its effects on economic growth and migration trends.

A New Proposal to Address U.S. Immigration Future Flow Needs

Report release with MPI Senior Fellow and Director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program; MPI Associate Policy Analyst; MPI Senior Policy Analyst; National Immigration Forum Senior Advisor; and ImmigrationWorks USA President.

Aligning Temporary Immigration Visas with U.S. Labor Market Needs: The Case for a New System of Provisional Visas

This paper outlines MPI’s design of a flexible provisional visa that would tie temporary labor inflows to real-time demand while offering workers who meet clear criteria pathways to stay.

Harnessing the Advantages of Immigration for a 21st-Century Economy: A Standing Commission on Labor Markets, Economic Competitiveness, and Migration

A permanent expert commission using evidence to flexibly guide U.S. employment-based immigration levels would strengthen the country’s economic competitiveness.

Talent, Competitiveness and Migration

Immigration and the Labour Market: Theory, Evidence and Policy

Immigration's average wage effects are small. Policies protecting vulnerable workers and supporting long-term growth deliver better outcomes than broad restrictions on immigration.

Immigration in the United Kingdom: The Recession and Beyond

Recession reduced new immigration to the United Kingdom and hit recently arrived migrants hardest, highlighting the need for flexible labor policy and integration.

Migration and the Economic Downturn: What to Expect in the European Union

EU migration is likely to slow during recessions, though continue as long as opportunity gaps between origin and destination countries persist.

Talent, Competitiveness, and Migration (Transatlantic Council Statement)

Advanced economies need coherent strategies that align migration policy, education, and the labor market while investing in integration and avoiding zero-sum competition.

Demography and Migration Flows: Do Shrinking Populations Mean More Migrants?

Demographic pressure is prompting historic shifts in places such as Japan.