ISBN:
9780198808022
Language:
English
Pages:
xxi, 208 Seiten
,
Diagramme
Edition:
First edition
DDC:
331.62
Keywords:
Arbeitsmigranten
;
Internationale Migration
;
Personalberatung
;
Foreign workers
;
Foreign workers Civil rights
;
Emigration and immigration Economic aspects
;
Manpower policy
;
Internationaler Arbeitsmarkt
;
Rekrutierung
;
Arbeitnehmer
;
Migration
;
Internationaler Arbeitsmarkt
;
Anwerbung
;
Arbeitsvermittlung
;
Arbeitnehmer
;
Migration
Abstract:
Some 10 million migrant workers cross national borders each year and, if they pay an average $1,000 to recruiters, moving workers over borders is a $10 billion a year business. Merchants of Labor examines the businesses that move low-skilled workers over national borders, asking how much they collect from migrant workers and what can be done to reduce worker-paid migration costs. Using cost data from over 3,000 workers, Merchants of Labor examines the often murky world of labor brokers, travel agents, and others who move low-skilled workers from one country to another in order to explore lower worker-paid migration costs. It explains the three core functions of labor markets-- recruitment, remuneration, and retention-- and shows how national borders increase recruitment costs. New data on what workers pay to get jobs in other countries are presented, and incentives to complement enforcement are explored as a way to induce recruiters to protect migrant workers.
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