How would selecting for skill change flows of immigrants to the United States? A simulation of three merit-based point systems
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Keywords
Immigrants; Skilled migration; Family migration; Point systems; F22 (international migration); J61 (Immigrant workers);All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
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