Who needs migrant workers? : labour shortages, immigration, and public policy / edited by Martin Ruhs and Bridget Anderson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ruhs, Martin.

Anderson, Bridget (Sociologist)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers--Great Britain.

Foreign workers.

Labor mobility.

Foreign workers--Government policy.

Great Britain.

Foreign workers--Government policy--Great Britain.

Labor supply--Great Britain.

Labor supply.

Labor mobility--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xvi, 335 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Contents:

Introduction / Martin Ruhns and Bridget Anderson

Migrant workers: who needs them? A framework for the analysis of staff shortages, immigration, and public policy / Bridget Anderson and Martin Ruhs

Changing shares of migrant labour in different sectors and occupations in the UK economy: an overview / Vanna Aldin, Dan James, and Jonathan Wadsworth

Achieving a self-sufficient workforce? The utilization of migrant labour in healthcare / Stephen Bach

Competing with myths: migrant labour in social care / Jo Moriarty

Use of migrant labour in the hospitality sector: current and future implications / Rosemary Lucas and Steve Mansfield

UK food businesses' reliance on low-wage migrant labour: a case of choice or constraint? / Andrew Geddes and Sam Scott

Dynamics of migrant employment in construction: can supply of skilled labour ever match demand? / Paul Chan, Linda Clarke, and Andrew Dainty

Immigration and the UK labour market in financial services: a case of conflicting policy challenges? / Andrew Jones

Need for migrant labour? UK-US Comparisons / Philip Martin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199580590

0199580596

OCLC:

548626404