Skills of the "unskilled" : work and mobility among Mexican migrants / / Jacqueline Maria Hagan, Rubén Hernández-León, Jean-Luc Demonsant

• Autore: Hagan Jacqueline Maria <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.5/440896872073
• Soggetto topico: Foreign workers, Mexican - United States; Labor market - Emigration and immigration
• Soggetto geografico: Guanajuato (Mexico) Emigration and immigration Social aspects; United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects
• Soggetto non controllato: american labor; business; cultural studies; economics; education; emigration and immigration; entrepreneurship; guanajauto; human capital; industrial relations; interpersonal skills; job jumping; labor market; labor studies; labor; limited formal education; mexican migrants; mexico; migrants; migration studies; migration; migratory circuit; mobility; money; north carolina; occupational mobility; political; reskilling; technical skills; united states of america; unskilled workers; unskilled; working class
• Persona (resp. second.): Hernández-LeónRubén; DemonsantJean-Luc
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Who Are the "Unskilled," Really? -- 2. Learning Skills in Communities of Origin -- 3. Mobilizing Skills and Migrating -- 4. Transferring Skills, Reskilling, and Laboring in the United States -- 5. Returning Home and Reintegrating into the Local Labor Market -- 6. Conclusion -- Methodological Appendix -- NOTES -- References -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as "unskilled." Despite the value of migrants' work experiences and the substantial technical and interpersonal skills developed throughout their lives, the labor-market contributions of these migrants are often overlooked and their mobility pathways poorly understood. Skills of the "Unskilled" reports the findings of a five-year study that draws on research including interviews with 320 Mexican migrants and return migrants in North Carolina and Guanajuato, Mexico. The authors uncover these migrants' lifelong human capital and identify mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, occupational mobility, job jumping, and entrepreneurship.
• Titolo autorizzato: Skills of the "unskilled"
• ISBN: 0-520-28373-2; 0-520-95950-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827966903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II