Canada has not only the largest in terms of numbers, but also the most elaborate and longest-standing skilled labour migration system in the OECD. Largely as a result of many decades of managed labour migration, more than one in five people in Canada...

The Korean labour migration system has expanded since the mid-2000s, primarily in the admission of temporary foreign workers for less skilled jobs. Its temporary labour programme, addressed largely at SMEs in manufacturing and based on bilateral...

This review examines the implications of recent changes to Australia’s labour migration system and to the tools used to manage labour migration, discussing the extent to which they respond to the labour market needs of Australian States and...

A part of the OECD series Recruiting Immigrant Workers, this report looks at the efficiency of key EU instruments in managing labour migration.

This review examines labour migration to the Netherlands, assessing how it contributes to the strategic development of sectors and employment in regions. It explores the determinants for retaining high-skilled migrants and for the integration of...

This book examines recent reforms to Austria's labour migration system and makes recommendations for further improvements.

This book reviews the use of immigrant workers in Norway and the policies created to control their use.

This book reviews the use of immigrant workers in New Zealand and the policies created to control their use.

The review examines key issues in the design of the German labour migration system, on the demand side and on the supply side.

This book answers the question of whether Sweden’s labour migration policy is efficiently working to meet labour market needs that were not being met, without adversely affecting the domestic labour market.