Who Needs Migrant Workers?
Labour Shortages, Immigration, and Public Policy
Edited by Martin Ruhs and Bridget Anderson
Author Information
Martin Ruhs' research focuses on the economics and politics of labor immigration, with a strong international comparative dimension. Recent publications include 'Economic Research and Labour Immigration Policy' and 'Semi-compliance and illegality in migrant labour markets.' Martin is a member of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), a highly influential body of independent academic economists advising the UK government on labor immigration policy. He was Specialist Adviser to a recent House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee Inquiry into the economic impacts of immigration in the UK. He has provided migration policy analysis and advice for various national governments and international institutions including the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Bridget Anderson's research interests include low waged labor migration, legal status, and citizenship. Publications include 'Migrants and Work Related Rights' (Ethics and International Affairs 2008), and Doing the Dirty Work? The global politics of Domestic Labour (Zed Books 2000). She has worked with the Trades Union Congress, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the International Labour Organisation, and a wide range of national and international NGOs.
Contributors:
Vanna Aldin, Migration Advisory Committee
Bridget Anderson, COMPAS, University of Oxford, UK
Stephen Bach, King's College, London, UK
Jonathan Beaverstock, University of Nottingham, UK
Alessio Cangiano, COMPAS, University of Oxford, UK
Paul Chan, University of Manchester, UK
Linda Clarke, University of Westminster, UK
Andrew Dainty, Loughborough University, UK
Robert F. Elliott, University of Aberdeen, UK
Andrew Geddes, University of Sheffield, UK
Howard Gospel, King's College, London, UK
Dan James, Migration Advisory Committee
Andrew Jones, Birkbeck College, UK
Rosemary Lucas, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Steve Mansfield, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Philip Martin, University of California-Davis, US
Ken Mayhew, University of Oxford, UK
Linda McDowell, University of Oxford, UK
Jo Moriarty, King's College, London, UK
Ben Rogaly, University of Sussex, UK
Martin Ruhs, COMPAS, University of Oxford, US
Sam Scott , researcher on migrant communities
Jonathan Wadsworth, Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK