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Gender, migration and the global race for talent
Anna Boucher
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Description for Gender, migration and the global race for talent
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 graphs, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
The global race for skilled immigrants seeks to attract the best global workers. In the pursuit of these individuals, governments may incidentally discriminate on gender grounds. Existing gendered differences in the global labour market related to life course trajectories, pay gaps and gendered divisions in occupational specialisation are also present in skilled immigration selection policies. Presenting the first book-length account of the global race for talent from a gender perspective, Gender, migration and the global race for talent will be read by graduate students, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners in the fields of immigration studies, political science, public policy, sociology and ... Read more
The global race for skilled immigrants seeks to attract the best global workers. In the pursuit of these individuals, governments may incidentally discriminate on gender grounds. Existing gendered differences in the global labour market related to life course trajectories, pay gaps and gendered divisions in occupational specialisation are also present in skilled immigration selection policies. Presenting the first book-length account of the global race for talent from a gender perspective, Gender, migration and the global race for talent will be read by graduate students, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners in the fields of immigration studies, political science, public policy, sociology and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719099458
SKU
V9780719099458
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Ref
99-15
About Anna Boucher
Anna Boucher is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Political Science at the University of Sydney -- .
Reviews for Gender, migration and the global race for talent
'Gender, migration and the global race for talent addresses a key concern for twenty-first century governments: how to recognize and eliminate gender discrimination in skilled immigration policy. Anna Boucher offers a well-documented and critical cross-national comparative examination of skilled immigration policies across twelve OECD countries, across the past several decades, and proposes an overhaul of antiquated policies based on a ... Read more