Are Recent Immigrants Different? A New Profile of Immigrants in the OECD based on DIOC 2005/06

Sarah Widmaieri ; Jean-Christophe Dumonti iOECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

关键词: education;    migrant stocks;    immigrants;    international migration;    DIOC;    database;    emigrants;    skills;    emigration rates;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.1787/5kg3ml17nps4-en

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: OECD iLibrary

【 摘 要 】

Increasing international migration and changing immigrant populations in OECD countries make international comparable data on migrant populations essential. These data should be updated regularly to capture a detailed picture of migrant populations. This document presents the first results of the update of the Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries (DIOC) for the years 2005/06. It describes immigrant and emigrant populations by socio-demographic characteristics and labour market outcomes in the OECD, as well as updated “brain drain” figures.In 2005/06, 10.8% of the population in the OECD was foreign-born, representing 91 million persons. Latin American and African migrant populations increased by more than 30% between 2000 and 2005/06, slightly more than that of Asian migrants (27%). Labour market outcomes of immigrants vary by region and country of origin, but they improved significantly since 2000. In many OECD countries, low-educated foreign-born fare better on the labour market than their native-born counterparts, but high-educated migrants tend to have lower employment rates and higher unemployment rates than their native-born counterparts...