The global race for skilled immigrants seeks to attract the best global workers. In the pursuit of these individuals, governments may incidentally discriminate on gender grounds. Existing gendered differences in the global labour market related to life course trajectories, pay gaps and gendered divisions in occupational specialisation are also present in skilled immigration selection policies. Presenting the first book-length account of the global race for talent from a gender perspective, Gender, migration and the global race for talent will be read by graduate students, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners in the fields of immigration studies, political science, public policy, sociology and gender studies, and Australian and Canadian studies.

IntroductionPart I: The global race for talent: global context 1. Skill and gender: navigating the theoretical terrain 2. Gender awareness of skilled immigration policies across the OECD: presenting the GenderImmi DatasetPart II: Gendering skilled immigration policy in Australia and Canada, 1988-20133. Gendering the policy process: venue shopping and diversity-seeking 4. Changing the mix: the shift from family to skilled immigration, 1988-20035. New selection grids: points tests and gender effects, 1993-20036. Targeting skills during the global financial crisis, 2007-13: gendered winners and losers? 7. Mining booms and Nanny-Gate: the gendered terrain of temporary economic immigration, 2007-13 8. Activist mobilising, state sponsorship and venue shopping capabilities Appendix 1. Elite interviews conducted with relevant Australians Appendix 2. Elite interviews conducted with relevant Canadians Appendix 3. Methodological appendix and elite interviewing schedule Bibliography