Who needs migrant workers? : labour shortages, immigration, and public policy /
Title By: Ruhs, Martin [Editor.] | Anderson, Bridget [Editor.]
Material type: BookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: xvi, 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780199580590 (hbk.); 0199580596 (hbk.)Subject(s): Foreign workers -- Great Britain | Foreign workers -- Government policy -- Great Britain | Labor supply -- Great Britain | Labor mobility -- Great BritainDDC classification: 331.620941 Online resources: Location MapItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 331.620941 WH ON (Browse shelf) | Available | T0041740 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.