{"product_id":"skills-of-the-unskilled-jacqueline-hagan-9780520283732","title":"Skills of the Unskilled: Work and Mobility Among Mexican Migrants","description":"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. \u003ci\u003eSkills of the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnskilled\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacqueline Hagan, Ruben Hernandez-Leon, Jean-Luc Demonsant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520283732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520283732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016","brand":"Jacqueline Hagan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056220991743,"sku":"9780520283732","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8189fac4-5ca0-4e5b-abb2-fce326930b12.jpg?v=1685040164","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/skills-of-the-unskilled-jacqueline-hagan-9780520283732","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}