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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hagan, Jacqueline Maria, 1954- author.

Hernández-León, Rubén, author.

Demonsant, Jean-Luc, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers, Mexican--United States.

Foreign workers, Mexican.

Labor market.

Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Labor market--Emigration and immigration.

Guanajuato (Mexico)--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Guanajuato (Mexico).

United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xii, 300 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]

Summary:

"Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as 'unskilled.' Despite the value of their work experiences and the substantial technical and interpersonal skills developed throughout their lives, their labor market contributions are often overlooked and their mobility pathways poorly understood. Skills of the Unskilled reports the findings of a five-year study that draws on binational research including interviews with 320 Mexican migrants and return migrants in North Carolina and Guanajuato, Mexico. The authors uncover their 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."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Who are the "unskilled", really?

Learning skills in communities of origin

Mobilizing skills and migrating

Transferring skills, reskilling, and laboring in the United States

Returning home and reintegrating into the local labor market

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-293) and index.

ISBN:

9780520283725

0520283724

9780520283732

0520283732

OCLC:

890127836