From immigration to integration : local solutions to a global challenge

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The integration of immigrants at the local level is a topic of significant interest for OECD countries. The growing importance of the knowledge economy means that the battle for talent is becoming as important as the battle for inward investment, and skilled migrants can offer a significant comparative advantage to local labor markets, as long as their potential is harnessed. Unskilled migrants are also in demand, particularly where rising living costs make lower paid jobs unattractive to the native population, and where demographic change and population movement combine to reduce the self-sufficiency of local labor markets. For the potential advantages of migration to be maximized, however, it is crucial that immigration is accompanied by integration, that is, effective mechanisms for ensuring immigrants are effectively incorporated into local labor markets. Paradoxically, at the same time that migration is increasing in global importance, there is worrying evidence that integration results do not seem to be as favorable in a number of countries as they were in the past.--Publisher summary.  Read more... Integrating immigrants : finding the right policy mix to tackle a governance problem / by Sylvain Giguère -- From immigration to integration : comparing local practices / by Francesca Froy -- Integrating immigrants in Canada : addressing skills diversity / by Bob Birrell and Elisabeth McIssac -- Innovating in the supply of services to meet the needs of immigrants in Italy / by Jonathan Chaloff -- Routes into employment for refugees : a review of local approaches in London / by Anne E. Green -- Local responses to a new issue : integrating immigrants in Spain / by Mary P. Corcoran -- Focusing on the young : integration in Switzerland / by Steve Fenton.