UID:
almafu_9959233557502883
Format:
1 online resource (315 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-520-28373-2
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0-520-95950-7
Content:
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.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front matter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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1. Who Are the "Unskilled," Really? --
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2. Learning Skills in Communities of Origin --
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3. Mobilizing Skills and Migrating --
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4. Transferring Skills, Reskilling, and Laboring in the United States --
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5. Returning Home and Reintegrating into the Local Labor Market --
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6. Conclusion --
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Methodological Appendix --
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NOTES --
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References --
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INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-28372-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-87141-8
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1525/9780520959507
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