Talent management of skilled migrants: propositions and an agenda for future research

This paper unpacks the dominant conceptualizations of talent management (TM) in contemporary academic publications, and considers these in relation to the increasingly important workforce population of skilled international migrants. It postulates that TM approaches are generally built from a relatively narrow human capital-based perspective wherein organizations focus on readily accessible and immediate skills, ignoring the longer term strategic potential of the international workforce of skilled migrants, particularly for multinational enterprises and other international organizations. Through a series of propositions, the paper highlights how organizations, in strategically using a more comprehensive TM lens rather than a human capital lens in approaching the TM of skilled migrants, could benefit from improved HRM performance over time. It also proposes a research agenda, by which future studies might test, explore, and further develop understanding on a more strategic utilization of skilled migrants in organizations.     

Understanding the Remittance Gender Gap among Hispanics in the US: Gendered Norms and the Role of Expectations

Using the 2006 Latino National Survey (LNS), this study analyzes the existence of a gender gap in favor of men in the monetary remittance behavior of Hispanics residing in the United States. Findings indicate that cultural gender norms and expectations in the country of origin play a key role. The study shows that women migrants are less likely to remit than men and, when they do, they transfer smaller amounts. The remittance gender gap is not universal among subgroups, since it is only observable among Hispanics who came to the US to improve their economic situation, plan to return to their home country, and have low income and low schooling. An index on migrants’ perceptions of gender roles as a proxy for cultural gendered norms is constructed and shows that more traditional gender views are associated with a significant gender gap in favor of men in remittances.     

U. S. winter migrants' park community attributes: An importance–performance analysis

North American seasonal migrants, who are usually retired, typically live in recreational vehicle/mobile home park communities in the southern U. S. during the winter months. This study examines the importance of specific park characteristics in the park selection process and uses the case of winter migrants in south Texas to demonstrate how parks may use a modified approach of importance–performance analysis and the promoter–detractor methodology to assess how well the parks perform on selected attributes. The analysis of survey responses from 1429 winter Texans categorized attributes based on the attributes' impact range and asymmetrical impact on park recommendation likelihood. Overall, seasonal migrants based their choice of location for their winter home largely on physical appearance (e.g., cleanliness) and affect (i.e., friendliness and caring management). Wireless Internet access and low rates were also of high importance. But park recommendation likelihood varies depending on the migrants' satisfaction with important attributes' performance.     

小浪底库周与移民安置区环境影响研究

分析了小浪底工程对库周及移民安置区土地、生物、水资源以及公共卫生的影响,对该区的可持续发展提出了水土保持、调整农业结构、防止水土流失、小流域综合治理、建立保护区、加强环境管理等相应的对策。     

The rise of Mexican entrepreneurial migration to the United States: A mixed‐embeddedness approach

Although many studies have analyzed the behavior of high‐skilled migration to the United States, few have focused on the escalating migration of Mexican entrepreneurs, and particularly on the determinants of this kind of high‐skilled migration. This article addresses this gap through a qualitative approach conforming to quantitative procedures, based on 20 in‐depth interviews applied to Mexican entrepreneurs working and/or living in the United States. Theoretically, a mixed‐embeddedness approach guides this research because it allows examining both the individual characteristics of Mexican entrepreneurs, and the influence of the home and host countries' institutional contexts on their business endeavors. Findings revealed Mexico's institutional weaknesses, such as insecurity, corruption, and bureaucracy, are important drivers of migration but so are the perception of a friendly U.S. fiscal system, the search for a better quality of life, and the appeal of a more transparent business environment.     

Residential segregation and educational attainment of children from regional migrant families in China

This paper studies the residential segregation effects on educational attainment of children from regional migrant families in China. We find that if migrant families live in segregated communities with fewer local residents, the school dropout rate of the children living with their parents in the host cities is higher and their high school enrollment rate is lower. We employ a unique set of nationwide survey data of regional migrants in China in 2012 and 2013 that comprises more than 150,000 individuals in each year. We first use the ratio of migrants over the total population residing in a community to measure segregation. When the ratio increases by 10%, the school dropout rate of migrant children increases by 4.7% from the mean value. Secondly, we identify segregation from the housing type of the migrant family. When they reside in the dorms provided by their employers or in the workplace, they will also be surrounded by many migrant colleagues. We find that living in such places increases the “not‐going‐to‐high‐school rate” of migrant children by 35% from the mean value. Our subsample analysis indicates that the segregation effects only exist in the samples of male migrant children and rural hukou families.     

住房特征与乡城移民的定居意愿

新型城镇化背景下,乡城移民群体发生了结构性变化,以住房为代表的社会性因素成为影响移民城市定居意愿的主要原因。基于杭州、广州、大连、西安四市的问卷调查数据,运用次序回归模型,探讨乡城移民的居住现状以及住房特征对其定居意愿的综合性影响,研究发现：住房特征是移民是否愿意定居城市的重要影响因素,住房产权对移民定居意愿影响最大,住房面积、住房支出、住房区位和住房环境也对定居意愿有显著影响;对于无本地户口移民而言,住房区位和住房面积对定居意愿的影响更大,而住房支出和住房环境对定居意愿的影响相对不敏感。     

Comparing the employment-output elasticities of migrants and nationals: the case of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Many countries have large or increasing migrant populations. We estimate the elasticity of private-sector employment to nonoil GDP for nationals and migrants using a Seemingly Unrelated Error Correction (SUREC) model. We use data from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which have a particularly large share of foreign workers. Our results indicate that the employment response is statistically significantly lower for nationals, who have an estimated short-run elasticity of only 0.15 and a long-run response of 0.7, than for migrants, where the short- and long-run elasticities are 0.35 and almost unity. Lower elasticities could signal higher labour market adjustment costs. In the context of low oil prices, forecasts imply a significant jobs shortfall for nationals in the coming years.     

农民工社会网络的核心边缘结构分析

采用2005年深圳农民工整体网络调查数据,分析了农民工社会支持网络和社会讨论网络的核心边缘结构。无论社会支持网络,还是社会讨论网络,都有一部分农民工处于网络的核心位置,而另一部分则处于边缘位置。女性农民工群体中少数个体处于核心位置,多数个体处于边缘位置,男性农民工群体正好相反,男女混合农民工群体核心成员也较少,边缘成员较多,但两者的数量差异要小于女性农民工群体。总体而言,社会支持网和社会讨论网核心边缘成员之间在个人属性特征和流动特征两方面都有所差异。     

农民工医疗保险：从国外经验谈我国政府责任的强化

农民工处于城乡二元分割体制的夹缝中,得不到最基本的医疗保障,不仅被城市医疗保障体系拒之门外,而且在实际操作上又不为新型农村合作医疗所接受。农民工医疗保障制度缺失凸显政府在促进社会公平、提供公共服务方面的“缺位”和“不到位”。促进社会公平、保障基本公共服务均等化是市场经济条件下当今政府的首要职责,也是各级政府职能部门增进服务意识,提高服务能力的工作重点所在。因此,在为农民工建构医疗保险制度过程中,首先应当澄清认识误区,明确政府的责任定位,在此前提下,对构建农民工医疗保险制度中的政府责任做如下定位：立法责任、制度责任、财政责任、组织责任、监督责任,并提出相应的对策建议。