Who needs migrant workers? : labour shortages, immigration, and p ublic policy / edited by Martin Ruhs and Bridget Anderson. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xvi, 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Migrant wo rkers: who needs them? A framework for the analysis of staff shortages , immigration, and public policy / Changing shares of migrant labour in different sectors and occupa tions in the UK economy: an overview / Achieving a self-sufficient workforce? The util ization of migrant labour in healthcare / Competi ng with myths: migrant labour in social care / Use of migrant labour in the hospitality sector: current and future implic ations / UK food businesses ' reliance on low-wage migrant labour: a case of choice or constraint? / Dynamics of migrant employment i n construction: can supply of skilled labour ever match demand? / Immigration and the UK l abour market in financial services: a case of conflicting policy challe nges? / Need for migrant labour? UK-US Comparison s / Martin Ruhns and Bridget Anderson -- Bridget Anderson and Martin Ruhs -- Vanna Aldin, Dan James, and J onathan Wadsworth -- Stephen Bach -- Jo Moriarty -- Rosemary Lucas and Steve Mansfield -- Andrew Geddes and Sam Scott -- Pa ul Chan, Linda Clarke, and Andrew Dainty -- Andrew Jones -- Philip Martin.

9780199580590 (hbk.) 0199580596 (hbk.)


Foreign workers -- Great Britain.
Foreign workers -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
Labor supply -- Great Britain.
Labor mobility -- Great Britain.

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