David Chiavacci
Nr. 124 (2012) Artikel Article 8–26 {:de}International Labor Migration to Japan: Current Models and Future OutlookA few years ago, the United Nations Population Division (UNPD) estimated that the number of international migrants would be just under 214 million in 2010. This is slightly more than the entire population of Indonesia or Brazil and means that roughly three percent of the world’s population moves around the globe (UNPD 2009). According to …von by David Chiavacci
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Artikel Article 27–47 {:en}Japan in the “Global War for Talent”: Changing Concepts of Valuable Foreign Workers and Their ConsequencesIn recent years, under the influence of the “global war for talent,” labor immigration policies in more developed economies (MDE) have been characterized by a dichotomization regarding foreign workers’ skills. While the immigration of highly skilled foreign workers is now being actively promoted, low-skilled immigration is being curbed by increasingly restrictive regulations. According to official …von by David Chiavacci
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Nr. 95 (2005) Artikel Article 9–29 {:de}Vom Nichtimmigrationsland zum Immigrationsland: der regionale Kontext der neuen Migration nach JapanJapan has often been regarded as an exception among advanced industrialised economies. The lack of labour immigration from abroad in the post‐war era up to the late 1970s seems to be an example of this singularity. National factors such as the large labour pool in Japan’s agricultural sector at the beginning of the high‐growth era, …von by David Chiavacci