Domestic Regulation and Global Movement of Skilled Professionals : A Case Study of Indian Professionals in the United States
Changes in demographics and patterns of investment in human capital are creating opportunities for international trade in professional services. As populations in rich countries age, developing countries are seeing an increase in the proportion of...
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okr-10986-129332021-04-23T14:03:02Z Domestic Regulation and Global Movement of Skilled Professionals : A Case Study of Indian Professionals in the United States World Bank ACCREDITATION ADVANCEMENT ARCHITECT ARCHITECTS BRAIN DRAIN CAPITAL MARKETS CAREER COLLEGES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COST OF EDUCATION COURSE WORK CRITICAL THINKING DECISION-MAKING DESCRIPTION DISCIPLINES EDUCATED WORKFORCE EDUCATIONAL DEGREES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT ENGINEER ENGINEERS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES FOREIGN PROFESSIONALS FUTURE RESEARCH GLOBAL MARKET GRADUATE DEGREES HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM HIGHER LEARNING HIRING HOSPITALS HUMAN CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INTERVIEWING JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET NEEDS LABOR MARKETS LAWYERS LEGAL PROFESSION LEGISLATION LIBERAL ARTS MEDICAL EDUCATION MEDICAL SCHOOLS MEDICINE NATIVES OCCUPATION PAPERS PERSONNEL POSTGRADUATE TRAINING PRACTICAL TRAINING PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY PROFESSIONAL WORKING PROFESSIONS PROGRAMS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF EDUCATION REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY REFORM REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RENTS RESIDENCY RURAL COMMUNITIES SCHOOLS SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE SECONDARY EDUCATION SKILLED PROFESSIONALS SKILLED WORKERS STATE UNIVERSITIES TEACHING TECHNICAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TERTIARY EDUCATION TUITION TUITION FEES UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREA WORK EXPERIENCE WORK FORCE WORK PERMIT Changes in demographics and patterns of investment in human capital are creating opportunities for international trade in professional services. As populations in rich countries age, developing countries are seeing an increase in the proportion of working-age people. At the same time, the richest countries are investing proportionally less than middle income countries in engineering and technical human capital. In India, the largest developing country exporter of skilled services, the supply of educated manpower has been rising rapidly. In the U.S., the largest single importer of skilled services demand for reasonably-priced, skilled workers like doctors, engineers, accountants and other high skilled professions is outpacing domestic supply. The movement of professionals across countries faces explicit barriers, such as restrictive visa regimes, and implicit impediments in the form of regulatory requirements to obtain qualifications, training and experience and licenses even when a service provider is already qualified and licensed in another jurisdiction. This paper focuses on the implicit impediments. Domestic regulations such as licensing and qualification requirements and procedures have a profound effect on services trade, but their analysis has proved elusive. Sifting the legitimate from the protectionist is far from straightforward. Nevertheless, we take a first step in this analysis, focusing on how regulatory requirements and procedures impact on Indian doctors, engineers, architects and accountants when they wish to practice their profession in the United States. 2013-03-26T17:38:40Z 2013-03-26T17:38:40Z 2006-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/16359005/india-domestic-regulation-global-movement-skilled-professionals-case-study-indian-professionals-united-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12933 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work South Asia India UNITED STATES |
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ACCREDITATION ADVANCEMENT ARCHITECT ARCHITECTS BRAIN DRAIN CAPITAL MARKETS CAREER COLLEGES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COST OF EDUCATION COURSE WORK CRITICAL THINKING DECISION-MAKING DESCRIPTION DISCIPLINES EDUCATED WORKFORCE EDUCATIONAL DEGREES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT ENGINEER ENGINEERS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES FOREIGN PROFESSIONALS FUTURE RESEARCH GLOBAL MARKET GRADUATE DEGREES HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM HIGHER LEARNING HIRING HOSPITALS HUMAN CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INTERVIEWING JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET NEEDS LABOR MARKETS LAWYERS LEGAL PROFESSION LEGISLATION LIBERAL ARTS MEDICAL EDUCATION MEDICAL SCHOOLS MEDICINE NATIVES OCCUPATION PAPERS PERSONNEL POSTGRADUATE TRAINING PRACTICAL TRAINING PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY PROFESSIONAL WORKING PROFESSIONS PROGRAMS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF EDUCATION REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY REFORM REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RENTS RESIDENCY RURAL COMMUNITIES SCHOOLS SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE SECONDARY EDUCATION SKILLED PROFESSIONALS SKILLED WORKERS STATE UNIVERSITIES TEACHING TECHNICAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TERTIARY EDUCATION TUITION TUITION FEES UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREA WORK EXPERIENCE WORK FORCE WORK PERMIT |
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ACCREDITATION ADVANCEMENT ARCHITECT ARCHITECTS BRAIN DRAIN CAPITAL MARKETS CAREER COLLEGES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COST OF EDUCATION COURSE WORK CRITICAL THINKING DECISION-MAKING DESCRIPTION DISCIPLINES EDUCATED WORKFORCE EDUCATIONAL DEGREES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT ENGINEER ENGINEERS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES FOREIGN PROFESSIONALS FUTURE RESEARCH GLOBAL MARKET GRADUATE DEGREES HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM HIGHER LEARNING HIRING HOSPITALS HUMAN CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INTERVIEWING JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET NEEDS LABOR MARKETS LAWYERS LEGAL PROFESSION LEGISLATION LIBERAL ARTS MEDICAL EDUCATION MEDICAL SCHOOLS MEDICINE NATIVES OCCUPATION PAPERS PERSONNEL POSTGRADUATE TRAINING PRACTICAL TRAINING PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY PROFESSIONAL WORKING PROFESSIONS PROGRAMS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF EDUCATION REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY REFORM REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RENTS RESIDENCY RURAL COMMUNITIES SCHOOLS SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE SECONDARY EDUCATION SKILLED PROFESSIONALS SKILLED WORKERS STATE UNIVERSITIES TEACHING TECHNICAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TERTIARY EDUCATION TUITION TUITION FEES UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREA WORK EXPERIENCE WORK FORCE WORK PERMIT World Bank Domestic Regulation and Global Movement of Skilled Professionals : A Case Study of Indian Professionals in the United States |
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Changes in demographics and patterns of
investment in human capital are creating opportunities for
international trade in professional services. As populations
in rich countries age, developing countries are seeing an
increase in the proportion of working-age people. At the
same time, the richest countries are investing
proportionally less than middle income countries in
engineering and technical human capital. In India, the
largest developing country exporter of skilled services, the
supply of educated manpower has been rising rapidly. In the
U.S., the largest single importer of skilled services demand
for reasonably-priced, skilled workers like doctors,
engineers, accountants and other high skilled professions is
outpacing domestic supply. The movement of professionals
across countries faces explicit barriers, such as
restrictive visa regimes, and implicit impediments in the
form of regulatory requirements to obtain qualifications,
training and experience and licenses even when a service
provider is already qualified and licensed in another
jurisdiction. This paper focuses on the implicit
impediments. Domestic regulations such as licensing and
qualification requirements and procedures have a profound
effect on services trade, but their analysis has proved
elusive. Sifting the legitimate from the protectionist is
far from straightforward. Nevertheless, we take a first
step in this analysis, focusing on how regulatory
requirements and procedures impact on Indian doctors,
engineers, architects and accountants when they wish to
practice their profession in the United States. |
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Domestic Regulation and Global Movement of Skilled Professionals : A Case Study of Indian Professionals in the United States |
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Domestic Regulation and Global Movement of Skilled Professionals : A Case Study of Indian Professionals in the United States |
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Domestic Regulation and Global Movement of Skilled Professionals : A Case Study of Indian Professionals in the United States |
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Domestic Regulation and Global Movement of Skilled Professionals : A Case Study of Indian Professionals in the United States |
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Domestic Regulation and Global Movement of Skilled Professionals : A Case Study of Indian Professionals in the United States |
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domestic regulation and global movement of skilled professionals : a case study of indian professionals in the united states |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/16359005/india-domestic-regulation-global-movement-skilled-professionals-case-study-indian-professionals-united-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12933 |
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