In Search of the Global Labor Market

This volume addresses pertinent questions related to cross-border labor migration and puts forward a ＂labor market＂ perspective that goes beyond the national frame of reference prevailing in most of the extant labor market scholarship. In four sections, the volume pulls together a number of key threads: How can we theoretically grasp ＂global labor markets?＂ What does existing empirical research reveal about the current state of affairs and the historical development of ＂global labor markets＂, provided that they can even be regarded as ＂global?＂ How is the emergence of border-crossing labor markets influenced by existing institutions, international intermediaries and social networks? The editors have crafted a coherent volume that enriches our understanding of both globalization and labor markets.

Contributors include: Patrik Aspers, Peter-Paul Bänziger, Martin Bühler, Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick, Richard Hyman, Sven Kesselring, Eleonore Kofman, Ursula Mense-Petermann, Sigrid Quack, Alexandra Scheele, Helen Schwenken, Karen Shire, Marcel van der Linden, Thomas Welskopp, Tobias Werron, and Anna Zaharieva.

Ursula Mense-Petermann is a Professor of Economic Sociology and the Sociology of Work at Bielefeld University, Germany. Recent publications include articles in Global Networks, Journal of Industrial Relations and critical perspectives on international business.

Thomas Welskopp (+ August 19, 2021), Bielefeld University, was a Professor for the History of Modern Societies. His research interests were on labor and labor movement history, comparative history of capitalism, political culture and social movements, and theoretical problems in history.

Anna Zaharieva is a Professor of Labor Economics at Bielefeld University, Germany. She gained her PhD from the University of Konstanz. Recent publications include articles in The International Economic Review, Review of Economic Dynamics and Labour Economics.