Do Employers Matter? : Their Impact on Labour Migration / edited by Marek Okólski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Okólski, Marek.

Contributor:

Okólski

Series:

IMISCOE Research Series, 2364-4095

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Social legislation.

Labor.

History.

Labor economics.

Population--Economic aspects.

Population.

Sociology of Migration.

Migration Policy.

Human Migration.

Labour Law/Social Law.

Labor History.

Labor and Population Economics.

Local Subjects:

Sociology of Migration.

Migration Policy.

Human Migration.

Labour Law/Social Law.

Labor History.

Labor and Population Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2026.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2026.

Summary:

This open access book explores employers’ interests in international labour migration, arguing that employers’ interests have consistently been a major force shaping and directing international labour migration in market economies. Employers’ interests have been underestimated in part due to the lack of an appropriate theory. This book offers a comprehensive theoretical framework for studying employers’ interests in labour migration. It does this by building on neo-institutionalist concepts, and proposing a framework for classifying institutions relevant to employers’ pursuit of their interests in this domain. Contributors utilise qualitative document analysis, political discourse analysis, and in-depth interviews with representatives of employers’ organisations and other actors knowledgeable about employers’ interests. By looking at historical events on several continents, and subsequently focusing on four European countries: the UK, Germany, Italy and Poland, this book demonstrates that employers’ interests have consistently been the reason behind international labour migration, even if they manifest themselves differently depending on the institutional environment of the particular country. This counters the dominant public narratives of today, which treat migration primarily as a security issue. By putting the spotlight on employers and offering a theoretical framework for analysing their interests and activities, this book hopes to rectify the imbalance in both academic and public discussions concerning labour migration and the forces that shape it.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Employers’ Influence on Labour Migration throughout History (Dominika Pszczółkowska, Marek Okólski, Agnieszka Fihel and Kamil Matuszczyk)

Chapter 2 Employers’ Interests in Labour Migration Research – A Conceptual Framework within New Institutional Economics (Marek Okólski, Sara Bojarczuk, Anita Brzozowska, Agnieszka Fihel, Kamil Matuszczyk and Dominika Pszczółkowska)

Chapter 3 Methodological Steps in Studying Employers’ Interests (Anita Brzozowska and Agnieszka Fihel)

Chapter 4 Employers’ Interests in Skilled Foreign Labour in a Coordinated Market Economy: The Case of Germany (Sara Bojarczuk and Mateusz Jamro)

Chapter 5 Employers’ Interests in Foreign Labour in the Liberal Market Economy: A Case Study of the United Kingdom (Anita Brzozowska and Dominika Pszczółkowska)

Chapter 6 Shaping Migration Policy and Practices: The Role of Employer Organisations in Italy’s Segmented Labour Market (Agnieszka Fihel, Diego Caballero-Vélez and Kamila Kowalska)

Chapter 7 An Employer-Driven Migration Policy in a Dependent Market Economy: The Case of Poland (Kamil Matuszczyk, Dominika Pszczółkowska and Sara Bojarczuk)

Chapter 8 How European Employers Adapt To and Shape the Institutional Environment of Labour Migration: The Case of Agriculture (Dominika Pszczółkowska and Sara Bojarczuk)

Chapter 9 Towards the New Institutional Economics of Labour Immigration (Agnieszka Fihel and Marek Okólski).

Notes:

Print version record.

ISBN:

9783032304551

OCLC:

1611782811