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Skills of the Unskilled: Work and Mobility among Mexican Migrants
Jacqueline Hagan
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Description for Skills of the Unskilled: Work and Mobility among Mexican Migrants
Hardback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520283725
SKU
V9780520283725
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About Jacqueline Hagan
Jacqueline Maria Hagan is Robert G. Parr Distinguished Term Professor of Sociology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests include international migration, labor markets, gender, religion, and human rights. She is author of Deciding to Be Legal and Migration Miracle. Ruben Hernandez-Leon is Associate Professor of Sociology at University of California, Los Angeles, and Director ... Read more
Reviews for Skills of the Unskilled: Work and Mobility among Mexican Migrants
"Through facts and figures, the book encourages readers to look beyond the classification of workers as "skilled" or "unskilled." ... Recommended."
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