Volume III · Managed Decline
Passport Strength Is Not Merit
Research preview · manuscript under review
Examines passport privilege, outsourcing, skill concentration, and migration as institutional mechanisms shaping opportunity and the international distribution of work.
Research programme: Siddhartha Harsh Wardhan · Preview updated
The research question
How do mobility rules shape access to work independently of individual skill?
How it connects to Volume III
Extends the volume’s account of opportunity to migration categories, outsourcing and the international distribution of skilled work.
Evidence and limits
Compare specific mobility and credential-recognition systems. Nationality is not a measure of merit, and aggregate migration patterns do not establish an individual’s ability or intentions.
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