caa a22 4500 445863978 CHVBK 20180317145452.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11150-010-9097-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11150-010-9097-y How would selecting for skill change flows of immigrants to the United States? A simulation of three merit-based point systems [Elektronische Daten] [Laura Hill, Joseph Hayes] The policies determining how the foreign born enter the United States are some of the most complicated, least understood, and most disliked of all federal policies. This paper uses New Immigrant Survey (2003) data to examine how proposed changes to U.S. immigration policy might alter the composition of legal permanent residents (LPRs) admitted. Specifically, we consider the 2007 federal proposal that would have placed greater emphasis on employment and skills by instituting a merit-based point system while eliminating some types of family sponsorship. We also simulate point scores for the 2003 LPR cohort according to the point systems used in Canada and Australia. We find that, despite significant variation in point allocations, the three systems would admit similar numbers and types of immigrants. In the 2007 U.S. proposal, work experience in the United States is extremely important for earning high point scores. Thus, the proposal would place even more stress on temporary visa programs. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Immigrants nationallicence Skilled migration nationallicence Family migration nationallicence Point systems nationallicence Hill Laura Public Policy Institute of California, 500 Washington St., Suite 600, 94111, San Francisco, CA, USA aut Hayes Joseph Public Policy Institute of California, 500 Washington St., Suite 600, 94111, San Francisco, CA, USA aut Review of Economics of the Household Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/1(2011-03-01), 1-23 1569-5239 9:1<1 2011 9 11150 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-010-9097-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-010-9097-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hill Laura Public Policy Institute of California, 500 Washington St., Suite 600, 94111, San Francisco, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hayes Joseph Public Policy Institute of California, 500 Washington St., Suite 600, 94111, San Francisco, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Review of Economics of the Household Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/1(2011-03-01), 1-23 1569-5239 9:1<1 2011 9 11150 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer