| Immigration policy. Perhaps partly because of its apparent simplicity, everyone has a view on immigration. Talk of 'brain drains' or 'immigration invasions' pervades newspapers and radio talkback, depending on whether we have a net outflow or a net inflow of people at any point in time. But the complexity of the impacts of immigration means that the easy answers are seldom the right answers. In this policy briefing we outline the basic economic principles and research findings that lie behind immigration policy. While there are non-economic reasons to encourage certain types of immigration, this note, and New Zealand's immigration regime, focuses on economic migrants. By Hayden Glass. | By New Zealand Business Roundtable, New Zealand. | Law and Order Policy Resource. |
| New Members, New Structures Some 30 German and British union activists ? from leaders and senior policy-makers to workplace organisers ? plus policy-makers, researchers and academics took part in the Trade Union Forum 2004. The debate and discussion focused on understanding why unions in both Germany and the UK are facing a potential membership and organisational crisis and how they are developing innovative policy and activity to meet this challenge. By the Anglo-German Foundation .
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| Tapping Immigrants' Skills: New Directions for Canadian Immigration Policy in the Knowledge Economy. The effective utilization of immigrants? foreign acquired skills has become a key issue for Canada?s immigrant-settlement policy. In this paper University of Toronto professor Jeffrey Reitz looks at three specific reasons for this. First, in the context of the emerging knowledge economy Canada remains committed to a policy of mass immigration. Second, the institutional means for assessing education and other job qualifications, so vital in today?s labour market, do not work well for many immigrants? qualifications. Finally, and at least partly as a result of this last factor, the employment prospects of new immigrants relative to those of native-born Canadians are worsening, even as immigrants? educational qualifications have improved. Institute for Research on Public Policy | By Institute for Research on Public Policy , Canada. | Employment Policy Resource. |
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