Employing Skilled Expatriates : Benchmarking Skilled Immigration Regimes across Economies
The Employing Skilled Expatriates indicators analyze the skilled immigration regime relevant for foreign direct investment across 93 economies to provide comparable information about this regulatory space. The indicators focus on restrictions that...
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okr-10986-169052021-04-23T14:03:33Z Employing Skilled Expatriates : Benchmarking Skilled Immigration Regimes across Economies De Smet, Dieter ALIENS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS BRAIN DRAIN BRAIN GAIN BUSINESS SCHOOL CALCULATION CAREER CLIMATE CO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN DEGREES DIASPORA EFFECT OF IMMIGRANTS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXPATRIATE WORKERS EXPATRIATES EXPENDITURES FACULTY OF LAW FLOW OF KNOWLEDGE FOREIGN WORKERS FOREIGNERS GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FLIGHT HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION LAW IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY IMMIGRATION QUOTAS IMMIGRATION RULES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR EXPORTING COUNTRIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LITERATURE MIGRANT MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION POLICY MOBILITY MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PEER REVIEW POPULATION INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RETURN MIGRATION SCHOOLS SILICON SKILLED EXPATRIATES SKILLED INDIVIDUALS SKILLED LABOR SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRATION SKILLED PERSONNEL SKILLED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT VISAS WORK PERMIT WORK PERMITS benchmarking regulatory reform investment climate FDI The Employing Skilled Expatriates indicators analyze the skilled immigration regime relevant for foreign direct investment across 93 economies to provide comparable information about this regulatory space. The indicators focus on restrictions that control the inflow of skilled immigrants (quotas); the ease of hiring skilled expatriates (time and procedural steps to obtain a temporary work permit, existence of online application systems, availability of a one-stop shop and fast-tracking option); and the existence of a path to permanent residency and citizenship as well as the existence of spousal work permits. As governments increasingly seek to attract foreign direct investment as a driver of long-term development, reforming the investment climate -- including the skilled immigration regime -- is one policy option to consider. This analysis shows a positive correlation between the Employing Skilled Expatriates index and foreign direct investment inflows. As measured by the Employing Skilled Expatriates index, there is room for economies with a need for skilled workers to improve their immigration regimes as one means of attracting more foreign direct investment. In Singapore and the Republic of Korea, it only takes ten days on average to obtain a temporary work permit. In Honduras, the same process can take up to 22 weeks. The global average to obtain a temporary work permit is eight weeks. The process is the fastest in the East Asia and the Pacific region where it takes five weeks. With 11 weeks, the processing time in the Middle East and North Africa region is the slowest. 2014-02-05T12:48:39Z 2014-02-05T12:48:39Z 2013-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18524119/employing-skilled-expatriates-benchmarking-skilled-immigration-regimes-across-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16905 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6708 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ALIENS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS BRAIN DRAIN BRAIN GAIN BUSINESS SCHOOL CALCULATION CAREER CLIMATE CO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN DEGREES DIASPORA EFFECT OF IMMIGRANTS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXPATRIATE WORKERS EXPATRIATES EXPENDITURES FACULTY OF LAW FLOW OF KNOWLEDGE FOREIGN WORKERS FOREIGNERS GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FLIGHT HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION LAW IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY IMMIGRATION QUOTAS IMMIGRATION RULES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR EXPORTING COUNTRIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LITERATURE MIGRANT MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION POLICY MOBILITY MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PEER REVIEW POPULATION INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RETURN MIGRATION SCHOOLS SILICON SKILLED EXPATRIATES SKILLED INDIVIDUALS SKILLED LABOR SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRATION SKILLED PERSONNEL SKILLED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT VISAS WORK PERMIT WORK PERMITS benchmarking regulatory reform investment climate FDI |
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ALIENS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS BRAIN DRAIN BRAIN GAIN BUSINESS SCHOOL CALCULATION CAREER CLIMATE CO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN DEGREES DIASPORA EFFECT OF IMMIGRANTS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXPATRIATE WORKERS EXPATRIATES EXPENDITURES FACULTY OF LAW FLOW OF KNOWLEDGE FOREIGN WORKERS FOREIGNERS GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FLIGHT HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION LAW IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY IMMIGRATION QUOTAS IMMIGRATION RULES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR EXPORTING COUNTRIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LITERATURE MIGRANT MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION POLICY MOBILITY MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PEER REVIEW POPULATION INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RETURN MIGRATION SCHOOLS SILICON SKILLED EXPATRIATES SKILLED INDIVIDUALS SKILLED LABOR SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRATION SKILLED PERSONNEL SKILLED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT VISAS WORK PERMIT WORK PERMITS benchmarking regulatory reform investment climate FDI De Smet, Dieter Employing Skilled Expatriates : Benchmarking Skilled Immigration Regimes across Economies |
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The Employing Skilled Expatriates
indicators analyze the skilled immigration regime relevant
for foreign direct investment across 93 economies to provide
comparable information about this regulatory space. The
indicators focus on restrictions that control the inflow of
skilled immigrants (quotas); the ease of hiring skilled
expatriates (time and procedural steps to obtain a temporary
work permit, existence of online application systems,
availability of a one-stop shop and fast-tracking option);
and the existence of a path to permanent residency and
citizenship as well as the existence of spousal work
permits. As governments increasingly seek to attract foreign
direct investment as a driver of long-term development,
reforming the investment climate -- including the skilled
immigration regime -- is one policy option to consider. This
analysis shows a positive correlation between the Employing
Skilled Expatriates index and foreign direct investment
inflows. As measured by the Employing Skilled Expatriates
index, there is room for economies with a need for skilled
workers to improve their immigration regimes as one means of
attracting more foreign direct investment. In Singapore and
the Republic of Korea, it only takes ten days on average to
obtain a temporary work permit. In Honduras, the same
process can take up to 22 weeks. The global average to
obtain a temporary work permit is eight weeks. The process
is the fastest in the East Asia and the Pacific region where
it takes five weeks. With 11 weeks, the processing time in
the Middle East and North Africa region is the slowest. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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De Smet, Dieter |
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De Smet, Dieter |
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De Smet, Dieter |
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Employing Skilled Expatriates : Benchmarking Skilled Immigration Regimes across Economies |
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Employing Skilled Expatriates : Benchmarking Skilled Immigration Regimes across Economies |
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Employing Skilled Expatriates : Benchmarking Skilled Immigration Regimes across Economies |
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Employing Skilled Expatriates : Benchmarking Skilled Immigration Regimes across Economies |
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Employing Skilled Expatriates : Benchmarking Skilled Immigration Regimes across Economies |
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employing skilled expatriates : benchmarking skilled immigration regimes across economies |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18524119/employing-skilled-expatriates-benchmarking-skilled-immigration-regimes-across-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16905 |
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