Research handbook on migration and employment / edited by Guglielmo Meardi (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meardi, Guglielmo, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar handbooks in migration

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migrant labor.

Foreign workers.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.

Summary:

"This insightful Research Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the core issues concerning the integration of migration and employment studies, highlighting the interdisciplinary and global perspectives required to understand the complexity of labour migration. Guglielmo Meardi enhances often fragmented migration and employment research by bringing together a range of multidisciplinary authors including demographers, geographers, economists, sociologists, political scientists and labour lawyers across the Global South and North. Contributing authors explore labour market trends, discuss regional and sectoral perspectives, and analyse the most important actors, politics and regulations in the field of migration and employment. Chapters cover key issues such as supply and demand, diversity management, trade unions and migrant workers in the care sector. Providing statistical analysis, literature reviews, conceptual theory and practical policy, this book is a vital resource for students, researchers and academics specialising in migration, labour studies, development studies, politics and public and social policy, and sociology. It is also beneficial to policymakers and think tank professionals focusing on the international mobility of workers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction / Guglielmo Meardi

Part I: Migration and labour markets

1. Supply factors: Demography, economy and skills / Giammarco Alderotti and Gustavo De Santis

2. Demand factors: Demography, economy and innovation / Anne Green

3. Employment effects: Replacement, substitution, complementarity and segmentation / Ivana Fellini

4. Migrant segregation and labour standards / Guglielmo Meardi

5. The unsettling nature of immigration: Labour migration, racism, and discrimination / Patrick McGovern

Part II: Migration: The actors

6. Employer strategies and migration / Chris Forde, Zinovijus Ciupijus, Gabriella Alberti, Marketa Dolezalova, Jiachen Shi, Ioulia Bessa, Jo Cutter, Meenakshi Sarkar and Robert MacKenzie

7. Migrant diversity: Introducing the migrant diversity category to diversity management / Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Cihat Erbil and Angela Dipalma

8. Institutional agencies: The new institutional foundations of the globalised labour force / Stuart Rosewarne

9. Migrant business: The rise of new migrant business in Britain and beyond / Trevor Jones and Monder Ram

10. Trade unions and migrant workers: The challenges of inclusion / Stefania Marino, Heather Connolly and Miguel Martínez Lucio

Part III: Sectoral perspectives

11. Migrant workers in the care sector / Reiko Ogawa

12. Migrant workers in construction / Lorenzo Frangi and Gerhard Bosch

13. Migrant workers in manufacturing / Benjamin Hopkins

14. Migrant workers in agriculture / Philip Martin

Part IV: Regional perspectives

15. Europe: The EU regulation of migration / Petra Herzfeld Olsson and Zvezda Vankova

16. Labour migration in the Americas / Rafael Bohlen and Ludger Pries

17. Labour migration in Africa / Leander Kandilige, Gorrety Yogo and Linda A. Oucho

Part V: Regulation and politics

18. Comparative labour migration policies / Camilla Devitt

19. The global governance of labour migration and seasonal workers / Daniela Comandé and Federico Siotto

20. The political, fiscal and economic effects of immigration on welfare states / Alexandre Afonso, Emily Wolff and Samir Negash

21. Unpacking (ir)regular labour migration / Anders Neergaard and Niklas Selberg

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781839107245 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.