Assignment task: Global integration is generating ever greater returns for matching talent with the right job or opportunity. The implications of these global talent flows are profound, touching everything from business, to politics, to religion, culture, and entertainment.
Q1. What are a few insights for understanding the role of immigration policy and the future patterns of high skilled migration? What are the implications for the future?
Q2. What is the importance of location for enhancing productivity of skilled migrants? Why?
Q3. What is the extent of productivity gains realized in target countries from the talent inflows? How can you tell?
Q4. What types of skills work well across countries? What are the underlying traits of such skills?
Q5. What are the various forms of multi directional exchanges in a networked world? (Consider trade, foreign direct investment, finance, knowledge, technology, cultural norms and political views, as examples.)