The Migration of Highly Skilled Asian Workers to OECD Member Countries and its Effects on Economic Development in East Asia

Chalamwong, Yongyuth

doi:10.1787/9789264014435-13-en

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“…Increased demand for greater and better regulation of migration flows has arisen partly as a consequence of increased demands for the temporary (contract) movement of skilled and professional workers in the past several decades, globally and especially in rapidly growing East Asia (OECD, 2002 and 2003; and Chalamwong, 2004). Both the increased demand for high quality services at home (for example, improved health care and education) and more intensive trade (‘globalisation’) in goods and internationally traded services have contributed to such movement (Iguchi, 2002).…”

Section: Why Regulate Migration and How Best To Do It?mentioning

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The Regulation of Professional Migration: Insights from the Health and IT Sectors in ASEAN

Manning

Sidorenko

2007

World Economy

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This paper develops several indicators to measure the extent and depth of rules governing international migration. It is set in the context of moves towards further liberalisation of services trade and associated labour mobility (Mode 4) under GATS and related regional trading arrangements. Ten Southeast Asian countries at various stages of economic development are examined as a case study, with special reference to health care and information technology. These sectors are priority sectors for regional cooperation in services trade in ASEAN, but were expected to represent opposite extremes in terms of the regulation of migration. The study finds that the more advanced countries tend to have more liberal regimes for international movements of skilled manpower, although there were smaller differences regarding general visa and work permit arrangements. Generic restrictions on mobility were related to trade policies, as well as to direct barriers (often country-specific) to migration. They included minimum salary requirement, levies on foreign workers, economic needs tests, and limitations related to language, education and job experience. Controls were more extensive in the health care sector, related to social considerations as well as professional organisational interests. Copyright 2007 The Authors Journal compilation Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2007 .

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The Regulation of Professional Migration: Insights from the Health and IT Sectors in ASEAN

Manning

Sidorenko

2007

World Economy

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“…The topic of highly skilled migration has been widely examined from different perspectives from the economic ( e.g. Cornelius, Espenshade & Salehyan, 2001;Chalamwong, 2005) to the transnational aspects ( Peixoto, 2001;Vertovec, 2002;Beaverstock, 2005) . Despite a myriad of research in the field of highly skilled migration, there is no common approach to the definition of HQWs in the academic and political spheres in Russia and other countries.…”

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Relationship Between Trends of Highly Qualified Immigration to Russia and Demand of the Russian Labor Market

Ryazantsev

Ochirova

Maksimova

2019

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In this article, we have argued that highly qualified worker (HQW) immigration to Russia does not correspond to the demand of the Russian labor market due to an inappropriate established criterion in Russian immigration policy. Our examination of the statistical data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation show that there is a high demand for specialists with higher qualifications in the healthcare, education, and science, and technology spheres, while foreign HQWs mainly work in spheres such as real estate, sales, manufacturing, etc. It is therefore clear that HQW immigration to Russia does not fully correlate with the needs of the Russian labor market. Furthermore, the attraction of foreign HQWs is not solving the root cause of the deficit of skilled labor in the country. Moreover, taking into account the rising number of foreign HQWs in Russia and considering possible economic benefits and human capital development, HQW immigration policy should be also furthered in accordance with the balance of supply and demand on the labor market in the context of economic activities and with consideration of the real needs of the economy with regard to specific specialities.

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“…Labor migration in Asia is mostly employed on fixed-term contracts representing temporary migration, although permanent or settled migration still takes place on a limited scale to Australia and New Zealand. Most Asian migrant workers are unskilled or semi-skilled such as construction workers and female domestic workers (Chalamwong 2004).…”

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The effects of air transportation on the movement of labor

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Vega

2008

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The Migration of Highly Skilled Asian Workers to OECD Member Countries and its Effects on Economic Development in East Asia

Cited by 13 publications

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The Regulation of Professional Migration: Insights from the Health and IT Sectors in ASEAN

The Regulation of Professional Migration: Insights from the Health and IT Sectors in ASEAN

Relationship Between Trends of Highly Qualified Immigration to Russia and Demand of the Russian Labor Market

The effects of air transportation on the movement of labor

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