The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Global Labour and the Migrant Premium The Cost of Working Abroad

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

Global Labour and the Migrant Premium The Cost of Working Abroad

By Tugba Basaran, Elspeth Guild

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

This book provides the first systematic account of the premium costs that migrants pay to live and work abroad. Reducing the costs of international labour migration, specifically worker-paid costs for low-skilled employment, has become an important item on the global agenda over the last years and is particularly pertinent for the UN's Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Recruitment costs alone amount in most migration corridors to anywhere between one and ten months of foreig...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9781138606999

Publisher

Routledge

Published year

2019

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Global Labour and the Migrant Premium The Cost of Working Abroad

Format

Hardcover

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

The Shortest History of Migration

The Shortest History of Migration

Ian Goldin

Youth Migration and the Politics of Wellbeing

Youth Migration and the Politics of Wellbeing

Elaine Chase

Migration Studies and Colonialism

Migration Studies and Colonialism

Lucy Mayblin

International Migration Law

International Migration Law

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies) Chetail Vincent (Professor of International Law

Migrant Health A Primary Care Perspective

Migrant Health A Primary Care Perspective

Bernadette Nirmal Kumar

What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Immigration?

What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Immigration?

Jonathan Portes

The Routledge Handbook on Crime and International Migration

The Routledge Handbook on Crime and International Migration

Global Migration

Global Migration

Elizabeth Mavroudi

Migration, Masculinities and Reproductive Labour Men of the Home

Migration, Masculinities and Reproductive Labour Men of the Home

Ester Gallo

International Migration: A Very Short Introduction

International Migration: A Very Short Introduction

Khalid (Executive Director of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund) Koser

Global Migration, Diversity, and Civic Education Improving Policy and Practice

Global Migration, Diversity, and Civic Education Improving Policy and Practice

James A. Banks

Refugee Economies

Refugee Economies

Alexander Betts

International and Comparative Employment Relations

International and Comparative Employment Relations

Servants of Globalization

Servants of Globalization

Rhacel Salazar Parrenas

Eurafrican Migration

Eurafrican Migration

Exodus

Exodus

Paul Collier

International Seafarers and Transnationalism in the Twenty-First Century

International Seafarers and Transnationalism in the Twenty-First Century

Helen Sampson

A Hospitable World?

A Hospitable World?

David Jordhus-Lier

Transnationell migration

Transnationell migration

Thomas Faist

The Migration Industry and the Commercialization of International Migration

The Migration Industry and the Commercialization of International Migration

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen

The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World

The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World

Mark J. Miller, Stephen Castles

The economics of imperfect labor markets

The economics of imperfect labor markets

Tito Boeri

Eu Labour Law

Eu Labour Law

A.C.L. Davies

Exceptional people

Exceptional people

Ian. Goldin

Global Care Work : Gender and Migration in Nordic Societies

Global Care Work : Gender and Migration in Nordic Societies

Lise Widding. Isaksen

Animal Migration A Synthesis

Animal Migration A Synthesis

E.J. Milner-Gulland

Migration

Migration

Michael Samers

Migration, Development, and Transnationalization A Critical Stance

Migration, Development, and Transnationalization A Critical Stance

Nina Glick Schiller

The Political Economy of Managed Migration Nonstate Actors, Europeanization, and the Politics of Designing Migration Policies

The Political Economy of Managed Migration Nonstate Actors, Europeanization, and the Politics of Designing Migration Policies

Georg Menz

The international migration of women

The international migration of women

Andrew R. Morrison, Maurice Schiff, Mirja Sjoblom

Multinational Enterprises And The Global Economy

Multinational Enterprises And The Global Economy

John R. Abrahams

Sex at the Margins Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry

Sex at the Margins Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry

Laura María Agustín

Insiders and Outsiders Citizenship and Xenophobia in Contemporary Southern Africa

Insiders and Outsiders Citizenship and Xenophobia in Contemporary Southern Africa

Francis B. Nyamnjoh

International migration - A very short introduction

International migration - A very short introduction

Women in Motion

Women in Motion

Nana Oishi

Globalisation

Globalisation

Thomas Hylland

Spaces of work: global capitalism and geographies of labour

Spaces of work: global capitalism and geographies of labour

Noell Castree, Neil M. Coe, Kevin Ward & Michael Samers

The Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe

The Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe

Andrew Geddes

Globalization and Labour: The New 'Great Transformation'

Globalization and Labour: The New 'Great Transformation'

Ronaldo Munck