Shaping globalization: Braindrain in times of globalization: Difference between revisions

The battle for the best brains  

A study from 2004 drawn up by the OECD, which summarizes the results of the census of 2000, for the first time supplies comprehensive statistics on the number of migrants, including those whose level of training. Following table shows the percentage of inhabitants of the degree of the home australian and the immigrants. (OECD, Counting Immigrants and Expatriates in OECD Countries: A new Perspective, 2004, http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/5/33868740.pdf.)  

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Australia ------------ 42,9% ------------ 38,6%  

Kanada ----------- 38  % ---------- 31,5%  

USA ------------- 25,9% ------------ 26,9%  

The figures show that the typical immigration countries promoting a selective immigration. They derive a significant economic gain. Germany for example have a hard time to participate in this competition. To find qualified employees abroad and lead them to germany. The half-hearted attempt at recruiting IT professionals, the so-called green card, came at a time when the IT boom was almost over. The terms of this program were hardly compare with those of the American green card. The duration of work permit restrictions on work permits for family members reflected that it was not for such a program comes to proving a boon to immigrants how can this possibly be seen with civil war refugees or asylum seekers, but to participate in a contest the most attractive location will decide for themselves.