This insightful Research Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the core issues concerning the integration of migration and employment studies, highlighting the interdisciplinary and global perspectives required to understand the complexity of labour migration.

Contents Introduction 1 Guglielmo Meardi PART I MIGRATION AND LABOUR MARKETS 1 Supply factors: demography, economy and skills 14 Giammarco Alderotti and Gustavo De Santis 2 Demand factors: demography, economy and innovation 27 Anne Green 3 Employment effects: replacement, substitution, complementarity and segmentation 42 Ivana Fellini 4 Migrant segregation and labour standards 62 Guglielmo Meardi 5 The unsettling nature of immigration: labour migration, racism, and discrimination 76 Patrick McGovern PART II MIGRATION: THE ACTORS 6 Employer strategies and migration 90 Chris Forde, Zinovijus Ciupijus, Gabriella Alberti, Marketa Dolezalova, Jiachen Shi, Ioulia Bessa, Jo Cutter, Meenakshi Sarkar and Robert MacKenzie 7 Migrant diversity: introducing the migrant diversity category to diversity management 109 Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Cihat Erbil and Angela Dipalma 8 Institutional agencies: the new institutional foundations of the globalised labour force 122 Stuart Rosewarne 9 Migrant business: the rise of new migrant business in Britain and beyond 137 Trevor Jones and Monder Ram 10 Trade unions and migrant workers: the challenges of inclusion 152 Stefania Marino, Heather Connolly and Miguel Martínez Lucio PART III SECTORAL PERSPECTIVES 11 Migrant workers in the care sector 168 Reiko Ogawa 12 Migrant workers in construction 182 Lorenzo Frangi and Gerhard Bosch 13 Migrant workers in manufacturing 199 Benjamin Hopkins 14 Migrant workers in agriculture 213 Philip Martin PART IV REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES 15 Europe: the EU regulation of migration 233 Petra Herzfeld Olsson and Zvezda Vankova 16 Labour migration in the Americas 250 Rafael Bohlen and Ludger Pries 17 Labour migration in Africa 269 Leander Kandilige, Gorrety Yogo and Linda A. Oucho PART V REGULATION AND POLITICS 18 Comparative labour migration policies 290 Camilla Devitt 19 The global governance of labour migration and seasonal workers 309 Daniela Comandé and Federico Siotto 20 The political, fiscal and economic effects of immigration on welfare states 324 Alexandre Afonso, Emily Wolff and Samir Negash 21 Unpacking (ir)regular labour migration 338 Anders Neergaard and Niklas Selberg Index 359

‘The explosive growth in migration scholarship and the simultaneous proliferation of employment studies have been largely contained in distinct academic silos. With contributions from leading researchers recruited across the globe, this Handbook highlights the synergies between these two fields so as to spark an enduring dialogue. It deserves a prominent spot on the shelves of migration and employment scholars alike.’