International migration outlook: SOPEMI 2009: [special focus: managing labour migration beyond the crisis]

The 2009 edition focuses on the employment situation, presenting a scoreboard of the labor market integration of immigrants as well as an analysis of wage differentials between immigrants and the native-born. It also examines the new laws governing immigrants' entry, stay, and access to the labor market; the selective recruitment of immigrants according to labor market needs; international cooperation to improve border control; and measures to facilitate the integration of immigrants. Two special chapters analyze topical issues: management of the migration of lower-skilled workers and the different types of existing temporary and permanent programs. The second chapter presents an in-depth study of return migration and looks at its impact on the economic development of sending countries. A dynamic link (StatLink) is provided for each table and graph, directing the user to a webpage where the corresponding data are available in Excel® format. Addressing the Present, Preparing the Future 9 (2) Part I. International Migration and the Economic Crisis: Understanding the Links and Shaping Policy Responses 11 (66) Introduction 12 (1) Summary and recommendations 13 (1) Labour market outcomes of immigrants during the economic crisis 14 (12) Impact of the economic crisis on migration flows and policy responses 26 (18) Medium and long-term consequences of the economic crisis 44 (10) Impact of the crisis on migration: the perspective of origin countries 54 (23) Conclusions 63 (2) Notes 65 (2) References 67 (10) Annex I.A1. Quarterly Employment and Unemployment Rate (15-64 years old) by Place of Birth in Selected OECD Countries, 2007-2008 71 (2) Annex I.A2. Sectoral Distribution of Foreign-born Employment (15-64 years old), 2007 73 (1) Annex I.A3. Sensitivity Index to the Business Cycle 74 (1) Annex I.A4. Distribution of Foreign-born and Native-born Employment by Industry in November 2007, Observed Value and Counterfactual Variation of Foreign-born Employment between November 2007 and November 2008, United States 75 (2) Part II. Workers Crossing Borders: A Road-map for Managing Labour Migration 77 (140) Summary and recommendations 78 (5) Introduction 83 (10) Labour Migration: A Historical Overview 93 (26) Irregular Migration 119 (14) A Framework for a Labour Migration Regime 133 (22) The Issue of Temporary Versus Permanent Migration 155 (6) Specificities in Managing Highly-skilled Migration 161 (16) Ensuring the Integration of Immigrants and their Children 177 (8) Migration and Development 185 (16) Summary and Conclusions 201 (16) References 217 Migration to OECD countries has been sharply rising over the past two decades and in recent years labour migration has significantly increased. This publication first examines the economic crisis and its impact on international migration, describes how flows and migration policy have been recently affected by the crisis, and analyses the forecast medium and long-term impact. Then, it turns to the management of labour migration, both of the highly and lesser skilled. It examines how countries should prepare now for future labour market demand and how best to redirect irregular migration into au