International movements of the highly skilled
In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the importance of international recruitment and movement of the highly skilled. Modern industries and services increasingly rely upon the acquisition, deployment and use of human expertise to add value in their operations. When this expertise is not available locally, employers frequently import it from abroad. This takes place in the context of two fundamental and interrelated processes: the development of internal labour markets by employers, on the one hand, and of the institutional framework by governments to facilitate the global interchange of skills, on the other.
Regarding prospects for the future, the paper projects a general stabilisation in the movements of highlyskilled workers, attributable among other reasons to the greater use of overseas subsidiaries and collaborators and of business service firms, increased use of air travel and the application of new information technologies which render a physical presence less necessary.
DOI: 10.1787/104411065061