In November 2026, the OECD published its International Migration Outlook showing that permanent migration to member countries declined in 2025 even as permanent migration for work rose. It counted 6.1 million new permanent immigrants, 1.6% fewer than in 2024 but 12.5% more than in 2019. The decline was the second in succession after the post-pandemic increase. The headline includes several kinds of admission. Family reunification was the largest category,

A September 2026 study by Bharat Chandar of the Stanford Digital Economy Laboratory and Bouke Klein Teeselink of King’s College London examines 1.25 billion job postings and 154 million employment records across 41 countries. The researchers infer generative AI adoption from job advertisements and compare adopting firms with control firms. Their estimates indicate that senior employment rose while the junior share fell. The employment effect is uneven by seniority