| Description |
1 online resource (325 pages) |
| Series |
Local economic and employment development
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| Contents |
Foreword; Table of contents; Executive Summary; Introduction. Integrating Immigrants: Finding the Right Policy Mix to Tackle a Governance Problem; Chapter 1. From Immigration to Integration: Comparing Local Practices; Chapter 2. Integrating Immigrants in Canada: Addressing Skills Diversity; Chapter 3. Innovating in the Supply of Services to Meet the Needs of Immigrants in Italy; Chapter 4. Routes into Employment for Refugees: A Review of Local Approaches in London; Chapter 5. Local Responses to a New Issue: Integrating Immigrants in Spain |
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Chapter 6. Focusing on the Young: Integration in SwitzerlandAbout the Authors |
| Summary |
Today the battle for talent is as important as the battle for capital. In the knowledge economy, skilled migrants can offer a significant comparative advantage to local economies. Unskilled migrants are also in demand, particularly where demographic change reduces the self-sufficiency of local labour markets. Yet for the potential advantages of migration to be harnessed, it is crucial that immigration be accompanied by integration, or effective mechanisms for ensuring that immigrants are incorporated into labour markets, the economy and society. Paradoxically, at the same time that migration i |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Foreign workers -- Government policy -- OECD countries
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Manpower policy -- OECD countries
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| SUBJECT |
OECD countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Contributor
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Local Economic and Employment Development (Program), Content Provider
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Content Provider
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Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development, Content Provider
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| LC no. |
2007397110 |
| ISBN |
9789264028968 (electronic bk.) |
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926402896X (electronic bk.) |
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