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



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Autore: Hagan Jacqueline Maria <1954-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Skills of the "unskilled" : work and mobility among Mexican migrants / / Jacqueline Maria Hagan, Rubén Hernández-León, Jean-Luc Demonsant Visualizza cluster
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"  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-28373-2
0-520-95950-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827966903321
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