Gender, Migration and the Global Race for Talent By Anna Boucher Hardcover 0719099455 9780719099458 Gender, Migration and the Global Race for Talent The global race for skilled immigrants seeks to attract the best global workers. In the pursuit of these individuals, governments may incidentally discriminate on gender grounds. Existing gendered differences in the global labour market related to life course trajectories, pay gaps and gendered divisions in occupational specialisation are also present in skilled immigration selection policies. Presenting the first book length account of the global race for talent from a gender perspective, Gender, migration and the global race for talent will be read by graduate students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners in the fields of immigration studies, political science, public policy, sociology and gender studies, and Australian and Canadian studies

Gender, Migration and the Global Race for Talent By Anna Boucher

0719099455

9780719099458

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Hardcover

The global race for skilled immigrants seeks to attract the best global workers In the pursuit of these individuals governments may incidentally discriminate on gender grounds Existing gendered differences in the global labour market related to life course trajectories pay gaps and gendered divisions in occupational specialisation are also present in skilled immigration selection policies Presenting the first book length account of the global race for talent from a gender perspective Gender migration and the global race for talent will be read by graduate students researchers policy makers and practitioners in the fields of immigration studies political science public policy sociology and gender studies and Australian and Canadian studies Gender Migration and the Global Race for Talent.