Skills of the Unskilled - Work and Mobility Among Mexican Migrants

"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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Luc Demonsant, Prof. Jean-Luc Demonsant, Jacqueline Hagan, Jacqueline Hernandez-Leon Hagan, Hagan Jacqueline, Ruben Hernandez-Leon, Hernandez-Leon Ruben
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.03.2015
• EAN: 9780520283725
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28372-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; USA, Mexico, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples