Rethinking the U.S. Legal Immigration System: A Policy Road Map
The U.S. legal immigration system, last significantly updated by Congress in 1990, is profoundly misaligned with demographic and other realities—resulting in enormous consequences for the country and...
View ArticleLeaving Money on the Table: The Persistence of Brain Waste among...
While the educational credentials of recent immigrants to the United States have steadily risen, licensing and other barriers continue to prevent many college-educated immigrants from working at their...
View ArticleAchieving the “Partnership” in the European Union’s Talent Partnerships
The European Commission marks a new chapter in EU cooperation on migration with third countries with the launch of its Talent Partnerships, which seek to combine mobility schemes for work or training...
View ArticleBrain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States: A...
During this webcast, experts discuss findings from a report examining at U.S. and state levels the underemployment of college graduates by nativity and by race and ethnicity, in the process revealing...
View ArticleTaking the Long View: Options for Inclusive Post-Pandemic Labor Markets
Even as COVID-19 vaccination campaigns have picked up speed in Europe, economic uncertainty remains. Recently arrived refugees, migrant women, and other immigrants who faced labor market challenges...
View ArticleLabor Shortages during the Pandemic and Beyond: What Role Can Immigration...
As European countries seek to revive their economies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, acute labor shortages in a variety of sectors risk stopping the recovery in its tracks. This commentary...
View ArticleNarrowing the Skills Gap: Equipping Immigrant-Origin Workers with...
The number of U.S. adults who could benefit from efforts to boost postsecondary credential attainment is strikingly large. Nearly 96 million working-age adults lack a postsecondary credential, 28...
View ArticleHow Can Europe Deliver on the Potential of Talent Partnerships?
Europe has announced it will launch a set of Talent Partnerships, combining new mobility schemes for workers or students with related investments in capacity-building in partner countries. As the...
View ArticleWith Millions of Unfilled U.S. Jobs, What Role Is There for Immigration?
Experts on this webinar examined the scope and reality of skills shortages and the role of immigrants in the U.S. labor market, ways to address the underemployment of highly skilled immigrants, and how...
View ArticleHow Can Europe Address Its Labor Market Needs at a Time of Upheaval?
Held immediately after the European Union unveiled its skills and talent package, this MPI Europe webinar explores how Europe can address its labor market needs at a time of great upheaval, and the...
View ArticleThe Future of Remote Work: Digital Nomads and the Implications for...
The number of people who work from home or another location other than a traditional office has been growing for decades, but the pandemic has accelerated this shift—with important implications for...
View ArticleWhy the European Labor Market Integration of Displaced Ukrainians Is Defying...
People displaced from Ukraine are finding work more rapidly in European countries than prior refugee cohorts. But uncertainty over how long they will stay, combined with hurdles such as language...
View ArticleThe Skills and Economic Outcomes of Immigrant and U.S.-Born College Graduates
College-educated immigrants are more likely to have advanced degrees than their U.S.-born peers with college degrees. But their educational levels have not always translated into similar occupational...
View ArticleUnblocking the U.S. Immigration System: Executive Actions to Facilitate the...
Inefficiencies in the U.S. immigration system and case backlogs are preventing individuals eligible for immigration to the United States from filling some of the millions of job vacancies. This policy...
View ArticleMeeting Global Skills and Talent Needs in Changing Labor Markets
Marking the launch of MPI’s Global Skills and Talent Initiative, this webcast features senior policymakers and other experts discussing the extent to which labor market needs should shape future...
View ArticleWhat Role Can Immigration Play in Addressing Current and Future Labor Shortages?
The labor shortages many countries are grappling with have reignited debates over the role immigration can and should play in meeting workforce needs—and how to balance this approach with investments...
View ArticleMeeting Global Skills and Talent Needs in Changing Labor Markets
Marking the launch of MPI’s Global Skills and Talent Initiative, this webcast features senior policymakers and other experts discussing the extent to which labor market needs should shape future...
View ArticleCanada's New Tech Talent Strategy Takes Aim at High-Skilled Immigrants...
Canada’s Tech Talent Strategy is highly unusual for its explicit targeting of visa holders in another country. Opening a dedicated stream specifically for high-skilled immigrants in the United States...
View ArticleInvesting in the Future: Higher Ed Should Give Greater Focus to Growing...
Eighty percent of the increase in U.S. college enrollment between 2000 and 2021 came from U.S.-born students with immigrant parents or first-generation immigrant students. This population, often...
View ArticleShared Gains: Immigrant-Origin Students in U.S. Colleges
U.S. colleges and universities have seen enrollment fluctuate over the last 20 years, shaped by demographic and economic changes in the United States and shifting views of the value of higher...
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