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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"skilled migrants"”.
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Migration and health: A study of Asian Indian high-skilled migrants in central Illinois
… overweight and obesity among Asian Indian high skilled migrants in central Illinois and quantify the magnitude of association between the prevalence of overweight and obesity and duration of residence in the United States (US). Body mass index (BMI), measured as weight in kilograms divided by …
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Housing Talents: Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) Access for Highly Skilled Migrants: A Case Study of Shanghai, China
… has experienced a growing demand for highly skilled migrant labour. Despite their advantageous position in the labour market, many migrants face significant challenges in securing urban housing. To address these challenges, the Chinese central government launched the Affordable Rental Housing …
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Skilled Migrants and International Careers: A Qualitative Study and Interpretation of the Careers and Perceived Career Success of Skilled Migrant Workers in Ireland
… actions and experiences of thirty-eight skilled migrants, from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, who currently live and work in Ireland. Specifically, the analysis considers how career transitions and contexts, in conjunction with time and timing, influence the career actions and …
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Predictors of skilled migrant career success: The influence of career capital, agency, and discrimination
… shortages have led to an increased dependence on skilled migrants, and access to information and geographic locations has led to the subsequent increase in skilled migrant mobility. However, although considered to be an important source of value for economies and organisations, skilled migrants …
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Why do African migrants with a tertiary education do menial jobs in Cape Town?
… the reasons for the position of African migrants with a tertiary education in menial jobs in Cape Town. Until recently, mainstream migration literature on South Africa has tended to universalise xenophobia and to treat migrants as innocent people for their situation. To what extent does …
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A modern labyrinth: socio-legal insights on migration paths to citizenship in the UK
… the UK’s modern migration system is failing skilled non-UK/EU migrants based on general socio-political conditions and specific legal conditions, if so how is it reflected in the legal and political development of migration policy, and what can be done to change this. This project …
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Skilled Migration and Remittances: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses
This dissertation investigates the impact of skilled migrants' remittances and import tariffs of migrant-sending countries on skilled migration. The first chapter builds a model that predicts the positive association between emigration of skilled individuals and the proportion of remittances from …
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Settling in a global city: transnational practices and cosmopolitan openness in sociality patterns
This study focuses on highly-skilled migrants from other EU countries, who have settled in London. It aims to examine the intersection between transnational practices and cosmopolitan attitudes in their sociality patterns, and how multiple identities are negotiated in these patterns. Transnational …
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Temporary Sojourns in the Periphery.
… of these voluntary, temporary, mostly highly skilled migrants differ from accounts of other mobile people and have so far been largely ignored in the literature. This is a lack that this thesis fills. Drawing on diverse bodies of migration literature as well as on semi-structured interviews, I …
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There and Back Again: Post-return experiences of Highly-skilled Belarusian professionals
… of two large social research areas—highly skilled migration and return migration—and aims to provide a contribution to the studies of sending countries by focusing on post-return experiences of highly skilled professionals in the Belarusian context. Thus, I explore public attitudes toward …
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Destination Diploma: How Chinese Upper-Middle-Class Families “Outsource” Secondary Education to the United States
… earlier stage compared to other research on high-skilled migrants, 1.5-generation immigrants, and international students at the undergraduate and graduate level. I argue this transnational education process captures the formation of a “new” global middle class in China.</p>
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Patterns of international migration in the Santiago Metropolitan Area - Characterization of the immigrants' social space and contributions to the national policy debate
… migration and the characterization of the immigrants’ social space. This study is oriented towards reducing this deficit. Based on a thorough theoretical discussion, recent research publications and international reports, the study pursues mainly four objectives: The first objective is to …
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The Economic Impact of Migration on the European Countries
… as income differentials and wage gaps between migrants and natives. However, few papers have investigated the impact of migration on economic growth. To address this gap, this thesis aims to make a contribution to knowledge by assessing whether there is any long-run relationship between …
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South Asians in Boston
Boston has a rich and diverse history of immigrants. Right from the arrival of the Puritans in 1628-30 who established the earliest immigrant settlements in Boston, this region has attracted immigrants from different parts of the world. Boston's strategic coastal location, its flourishing …
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Socio-cultural interaction of Arab immigration groups with Australian host society
… to Australia. The study reveals that Jordanian migrants in Australia have often made a smooth transition in their lives in their new country. While the dynamics between migrants from the Middle East and the rest of Australian society has faced many challenges both before and after the event of …
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Diaspora of Disaffection: Gender role reproduction among trailing wives of Indian skilled professional migrants and its impact on their mental health and wellbeing
… globalisation has resulted in large-scale high-skilled migration from India over the last few decades. Conradson and Latham (2005) defined the term ‘middling migrants’ as a diverse category of mobile migrants who can be categorised as skilled immigrants in a higher-income category. The gendered …
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An exploratory study of factors influencing the attraction and retention of skilled employees in the digital sector in Hawke’s Bay
INTRODUCTION: This study examines why skilled digital sector labour moves to, returns to live in or leaves the regional community in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. In the wider context, the study discusses the potential impact of these factors on the local labour pool. LITERATURE: The study is grounded …