Benchmarking Talent and High Skills Immigration
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation released a new report today – Global Flows of Talent: Benchmarking the United States – that benchmarks flows of highly-skilled people to the US against similar flows to seven other high-income countries. The report finds that while many other nations are making it easier for talented immigrants to enter their country, either as students or workers, the US is struggling to decide what to do. The report compares how national immigration policies – permanent, temporary, and student – foster or constrict these flows. All seven nations in the comparison group are liberalizing their immigration policies for the highly-skilled, although some more than others. Finally, the report suggests several broad policy recommendations that the US should consider to ensure that we not only compete effectively for talent in the short-term, but also lead the world toward a global system for developing and using talent that is beneficial for everyone over the long-term.
The report is available at: http://www.itif.org/files/Hart-GlobalFlowsofTalent.pdf
Dr. Hart can be reached at dhart@gmu.edu. ITIF can be reached at mail@innovationpolicy.org or by phone at (202) 449-1351.