Talent Matters: Immigration Policy-Setting as a Competitive Scramble Among Jurisdictions

Immigration-destination countries are proactively engaged in efforts to reshape and fine-tune their various admission streams, especially those designed to attract the highly skilled. The global race for talent entails a competitive, multiplayer, and multilevel scramble among jurisdictions, and, once the race for talent has begun, the pressure to engage in targeted recruitment increases, as no country wants to be left behind.