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Skills of the Unskilled

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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 int...
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  • 17 March 2015
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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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Price: $29.95
Pages: 312
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date: 17 March 2015
ISBN: 9780520959507
Format: eBook
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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