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Labor Migration from Myanmar: Remittances, Reforms, and Challenges
The uptick in labor migration from Myanmar, amid a loosening of authoritarian control, shows promise but is hobbled by weak governance and informal migration.
To Stay or Not To Stay: The Calculus for International STEM Students in the United States
International students were one-third of all U.S. STEM doctorates in 2013. Yet rigid visa pathways and green-card backlogs pushed many to consider other countries, harming U.S. competitiveness.
Open Windows, Closed Doors: Mutual Recognition Arrangements on Professional Services in the ASEAN Region
ASEAN's seven Mutual Recognition Arrangements diverge significantly in structure, constraining their potential to enable real professional mobility across Member States.
Doctors as Taxi Drivers: The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States
A report release and presentation of first-ever U.S. estimates on the actual economic costs of skill underutilization for immigrants, their families, and the U.S. economy, in terms of forgone earnings and unrealized federal, state, and local taxes.
New Actors Step Up to Help Shoulder Growing Refugee Burden, But System Slow to Adapt
In 2016, private-sector and civil-society actors pledged $650 million for refugees, but coordination gaps and government friction limit broader impact.
Brain Waste: Researchers Discuss Economic Costs of Skill Underutilization among Highly Skilled Immigrants
What does it cost the U.S. economy when college-educated immigrants cannot find work at their skill level?
On the Brink of Demographic Crisis, Governments in East Asia Turn Slowly to Immigration
Facing demographic crisis, East Asian governments cautiously advanced diaspora and skilled-migrant reforms, while the public remained wary of immigrants.
While Mobility Comes under Assault in Europe, Other Regions Forge Ahead
Even as Europe tightened its borders, regional blocs in Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America advanced freer intraregional movement.
The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in Select States
Brain waste among highly skilled immigrants costs U.S. states billions in forgone earnings annually, with Florida posting the highest underutilization rate, as these state fact sheets show.
State Sociodemographic Portraits of Immigrant and U.S.-Born Parents of Young Children
State-level data reveal wide variation in immigrant parent populations, with implications for how states design early childhood and workforce programs under federal workforce and education laws.