International Labour Migration: Foreign Workers and Public Policy

By David Bartram and D Bartram

Book Overview

Studies of international labour migration typically assume that foreign labour is a universal feature of wealthy economies. Exploitation of foreign workers can contribute significantly to employers' profits. However, some wealthy societies do not import workers on a large scale, despite employers' pressures. Using Israel and Japan as empirical cases, this comparative-historical work investigates why some governments allow employers relatively free access to foreign labour, while others require alternative responses to labour shortages. A focus on variation leads to an innovative and insightful argument to explain international labour migration.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349523860
• ISBN13: 9781349523863
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"