Merchants of Labor: Recruiters and International Labor Migration

by Philip L. Martin

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.

For-profit recruiters are likely to be an enduring feature of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019880802X
• ISBN13: 9780198808022
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.5"