title: The worldwide market for skilled migrants: can Australia compete?
abstract: "The purpose of this article is to...[analyze] the relative importance of internal and external factors on the demand for skilled immigration visas to Australia. Our objectives are to determine how the size of the pool of potential migrants is influenced by factors such as relative economic conditions and U.S. and Canadian immigration policies and to determine what implications these factors have on the relative quality (skill level) of potential migrants to Australia. Our results indicate that the demand for skilled immigration visas to Australia is related to the number of immigrants accepted by the United States and Canada as well as employment possibilities in Australia. We do not find a relationship between U.S. and Canadian policy and the relative quality of the applicant pool."
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cobb-clark
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Connolly
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D009656:North America; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Australia; Canada; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Conditions; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Manpower Needs; Migrant Workers; Migration; Migration Policy; North America; Northern America; Occupational Status; Oceania; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; United States