Martin Ruhs, Bridget Anderson

Who Needs Migrant Workers?

Labour Shortages, Immigration, and Public Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a framework for analysing labour immigration and public policy. It looks at the changing role of migrant workers and the demand for labour across six sectors: health, social care, hospitality, food production, construction, and financial services.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780199580590
• ISBN-10: 0199580596
• Artikelnr.: 47867704

Autorenporträt

Martin Ruhs' research focuses on the economics and politics of labour immigration, with a strong international comparative dimension. Recent publications include 'Economic Research and Labour Immigration Policy' and 'Semi-compliance and illegality in migrant labour markets.' Martin is a member of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), a highly influential body of independent academic economists advising the UK government on labour immigration policy. He was Specialist Adviser to a recent House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee Inquiry into the economic impacts of immigration in the UK. He has provided migration policy analysis and advice for various national governments and international institutions including the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Bridget Anderson's research interests include low waged labour migration, legal status, and citizenship. Publications include 'Migrants and Work Related Rights' (Ethics and International Affairs 2008), and Doing the Dirty Work? The global politics of Domestic Labour (Zed Books 2000). She has worked with the Trades Union Congress, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the International Labour Organisation, and a wide range of national and international NGOs.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Martin Ruhs and Bridget Anderson: Introduction
* 2: Bridget Anderson and Martin Ruhs: Migrant workers: who needs them?
A framework for the analysis of shortages, immigration, and public
policy
* Commentary by Ken Mayhew
* 3: Vanna Aldin, Dan James and Jonathan Wadsworth: The changing shares
of migrant labour in different sectors and occupation in the UK
economy: An overview
* 4: Stephen Bach: Achieving a self-sufficient workforce? The
utilization of migrant labour in healthcare
* Commentary by Robert Elliott
* 5: Jo Moriarty: Competing with myths: migrant labour in social care
* Commentary by Alessio Cangiano
* 6: Rosemary Lucas and Steven Mansfield: The use of migrant labour in
the hospitality sector: current and future implications
* Commentary by Linda McDowell
* 7: Andrew Geddes and Sam Scott: UK food businesses' reliance on
low-wage migrant labour: A case of choice or constraint?
* Commentary by Ben Rogaly
* 8: Paul Chan, Linda Clarke and Andy Dainty: The dynamics of migrant
employment in construction: Can supply of skilled labour ever match
demand?
* Commentary by Howard Gospel
* 9: Andrew Jones: Immigration and the UK labour market in financial
services: A case of conflicting policy challenges?
* Commentary by Jonathan Beaverstock
* 10: Philip Martin: A need for migrant labour? UK-US comparisons