Irving, Jacqueline2013-12-202013-12-202013-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16444Policy 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.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGBABYBENEFITS OF MIGRATIONBIRTH RATESBRAIN DRAINCENSUS DATACITIZENSCITIZENSHIPCOUNTRY OF ORIGINDEMAND FOR IMMIGRANTSDEMAND FOR LABORDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISCUSSIONSDOMESTIC LABORDOMESTIC LABOR MARKETDOMESTIC LABOR MARKETSECONOMIC DOWNTURNSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PROSPERITYEDUCATED MIGRANTSEDUCATION SYSTEMEMIGRATIONEMPLOYABILITYEMPLOYEEEMPLOYMENT AGENCIESEUROPEAN MIGRATIONFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFOREIGN LABORFOREIGN SKILLED WORKERSFOREIGN STUDENTSFOREIGN WORKERSFUTURE LABORGOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTSHIGHLY QUALIFIED WORKERSHIGHLY SKILLED FOREIGNERSHIGHLY SKILLED WORKERSHOME AFFAIRSHOST COUNTRIESHOST COUNTRYIMMIGRANTIMMIGRANT FLOWIMMIGRANT INFLOWSIMMIGRANTSIMMIGRATIONIMMIGRATION COUNTRIESIMMIGRATION LAWIMMIGRATION LAWSIMMIGRATION POLICIESIMMIGRATION POLICYIMMIGRATION QUOTASIMMIGRATION REFORMIMMIGRATION SYSTEMIMPACT OF IMMIGRATIONINCOMEINDEPENDENT IMMIGRATIONINFORMAL SECTORINNOVATIONINSURANCEINTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTSINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEWINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATIONJOB CREATIONJOB OFFERJOB OFFERSJOB SECURITYJOB TRAININGJOB VACANCIESJOBSLABOR DEMANDLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET CONDITIONSLABOR MARKET DEMANDLABOR MARKET INDICATORSLABOR MARKET INFORMATIONLABOR MARKET NEEDSLABOR MARKETSLABOR MIGRATIONLABOR OFFICESLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLABOR SHORTAGELABOR SHORTAGESLABOR STATISTICSLABOR SUPPLYLABOR-MARKETLABOURLABOUR FORCELABOUR FORCE SURVEYLABOUR MARKETLABOUR MARKET INFORMATIONLABOUR STUDIESLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL FIRMSLOW UNEMPLOYMENTLOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATESMARKET ECONOMIESMATHEMATICSMEDICAL PROFESSIONALSMIGRANTMIGRANT WORKERSMIGRANT-RECEIVING COUNTRIESMIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIESMIGRATION INFLOWSMORTALITYNATIONAL SECURITYNATIONALSNET IMMIGRATIONNUMBER OF IMMIGRANTSNUMBER OF WORKERSNUMERICAL QUOTASNURSESOCCUPATIONOCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONOCCUPATIONSOLDER PEOPLEOLDER WORKERSPERMANENT RESIDENCEPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLICY MAKERSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR FIRMSPRODUCTIVITY LEVELPUBLIC EMPLOYMENTPUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICEPUBLIC INFORMATIONQUALITATIVE INFORMATIONRECOMMENDATIONSRECRUITMENT PROCEDURESREGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENTREMITTANCEREMITTANCESRESIDENCE STATUSRESPECTRIGHT TO WORKRULE OF LAWRURAL AREASSENATE BILLSKILL LEVELSKILLED EMPLOYEESSKILLED FOREIGN LABORSKILLED FOREIGN WORKERSSKILLED LABORSKILLED MIGRANTSSKILLED MIGRATIONSKILLED OCCUPATIONSSKILLED WORKERSSKILLS GAPSSMALL COUNTRIESSOCIAL SCIENCESOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL WORKERSSUPPLY SHORTAGESTEMPORARY MIGRANTSTERRORISTTERTIARY EDUCATIONTRADE UNIONSTRAINING COMPONENTTRAINING PROGRAMSUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNSKILLED LABORUNSKILLED WORKERSWARWORK ACTIVITIESWORK EXPERIENCEWORK FORCEWORK PERMITSWORKERWORKFORCEWORKING CONDITIONSWORKING POPULATIONWORLD MIGRATIONWorld Bank10.1596/16444