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How the other half works [[electronic resource] ] : immigration and the social organization of labor / / Roger Waldinger and Michael I. Lichter
| How the other half works [[electronic resource] ] : immigration and the social organization of labor / / Roger Waldinger and Michael I. Lichter |
| Autore | Waldinger Roger David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.6/2/097949409049 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LichterMichael Ira <1960-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Foreign workers - California - Los Angeles County
Employer attitude surveys - California - Los Angeles County Immigrants - Social networks - California - Los Angeles County Unskilled labor - California - Los Angeles County |
| Soggetto non controllato |
career
civic class issues contemporary america historians historical history immigrant experience immigrants immigration labor and culture labor issues labor organizations labor studies los angeles migrant workers modern economy modern history nonfiction political science political race and class social issues social studies sociology students and teachers survey textbooks unskilled immigrants unskilled workers workforce |
| ISBN |
1-282-35954-1
1-59734-664-0 0-520-93617-5 9786612359545 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What Employers Want -- 3. Doing the Job -- 4. The Language of Work -- 5. Network, Bureaucracy, and Exclusion -- 6. Social Capital and Social Closure -- 7. Bringing the Boss Back In -- 8. Whom Employers Want -- 9. "Us" and "Them" -- 10. Diversity and Its Discontents -- 11. Black/Immigrant Competition -- 12. Conclusion -- Appendix: The Local Context -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783080203321 |
Waldinger Roger David
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Skills of the "unskilled" : work and mobility among Mexican migrants / / Jacqueline Maria Hagan, Rubén Hernández-León, Jean-Luc Demonsant
| Skills of the "unskilled" : work and mobility among Mexican migrants / / Jacqueline Maria Hagan, Rubén Hernández-León, Jean-Luc Demonsant |
| Autore | Hagan Jacqueline Maria <1954-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 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 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 |
| ISBN |
0-520-28373-2
0-520-95950-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788051903321 |
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Hagan Jacqueline Maria <1954->
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
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Skills of the "unskilled" : work and mobility among Mexican migrants / / Jacqueline Maria Hagan, Rubén Hernández-León, Jean-Luc Demonsant
| Skills of the "unskilled" : work and mobility among Mexican migrants / / Jacqueline Maria Hagan, Rubén Hernández-León, Jean-Luc Demonsant |
| Autore | Hagan Jacqueline Maria <1954-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 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 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 |
| ISBN |
0-520-28373-2
0-520-95950-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827966903321 |
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Hagan Jacqueline Maria <1954->
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
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Technology differences over space and time / / Francesco Caselli
| Technology differences over space and time / / Francesco Caselli |
| Autore | Caselli Francesco |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (145 pages) : illustrations, graphs |
| Disciplina | 338.06 |
| Collana | CREI Lectures in Macroeconomics |
| Soggetto topico |
Technology transfer
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor |
| Soggetto non controllato |
aggregate production
augmentation bias capital aggregate capital goods capital efficiency endogenous technology framework experience factor bias income industrial policy labor aggregate labor input labor supply labor multinationals natural capital natural resources production technology production productive inputs productive resource relative marginal products relative supply relative wage reproducible capital school quality skill bias skill premium skill skilled labor skilled workers skills supply substitution technical change technological innovation technology choice technology difference technology unskilled labor unskilled workers variable capital shares wage rate |
| Classificazione | QV 020 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction and Preliminaries -- Part I. Technology Differences Across Space -- Part II. Interpreting Technology Differences -- Part III. Technology Differences over Time -- Appendix A. Proofs and Calculations -- Appendix B. A New Data Set on Mincerian Returns (with Jacopo Ponticelli and Federico Rossi) -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910151647203321 |
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Caselli Francesco
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] | ||
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