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Migration, work and globalization. Labor segmentation in the US new economy [Migración, trabajo y globalización. La segmentacion laboral en la nueva economía de los Estados Unidos]
No full textJob casualization is a strategy of US leading companies in order to meet market challenges avoiding the costs of technological innovation. The author posits that Mexican workers provide the demographic base to this kind of jobs. Empirical analysis is based on the US Permanent Population Survey carried out in March 1998. This development widens the gap between skilled and unskilled workers and reduces job opportunities for a substantial part of labor and increases the workers' vulnerability as informal sectors in the economy increase. Flexibility and deregulation are the basis of migrant employment and have therefore direct consequences on the evolution of migration dynamics in the last decade
Migration, work and globalization. Labor segmentation in the US new economy [Migración, trabajo y globalización. La segmentacion laboral en la nueva economía de los Estados Unidos]
No full textJob casualization is a strategy of US leading companies in order to meet market challenges avoiding the costs of technological innovation. The author posits that Mexican workers provide the demographic base to this kind of jobs. Empirical analysis is based on the US Permanent Population Survey carried out in March 1998. This development widens the gap between skilled and unskilled workers and reduces job opportunities for a substantial part of labor and increases the workers' vulnerability as informal sectors in the economy increase. Flexibility and deregulation are the basis of migrant employment and have therefore direct consequences on the evolution of migration dynamics in the last decade
Latin America in the Recent Wave of International Migration
No full textThis chapter documents, with recent statistical information, the characteristics of Latin American emigration to Spain and the USA, recording it into the great march from the South to the North. This allows one to appreciate the diverse migratory forms and their participants. The chapter begins with an analysis that contextualizes Latin American migration within the framework of the so-called new era of global migration. Secondly, it focuses on a comparative analysis between Spain and the USA, both of which are currently the principal destinations for Latin American emigrants. This analysis is based on migration volumes, as well as the sociodemographic profiles of the migrants and their insertion into the labour force. Oxford University Press 2011. All rights reserved
International migration and labour flexibility in the context of NAFTA
No full textIn this paper we present a frame of reference for analysing the possible impact of economic integration under NAFTA on the size, composition and forms of migration between Mexico and the United States. Our argument is that the source of any possible impact on migration ought not to be sought in NAFTA but in the underlying processes of change in production operations. In particular, we contend that the new forms of migration are indicative of structural changes related to changes in labour market dynamics caused by the various forms of labour flexibility introduced in both Mexico and the United States. Both the neoliberal policy implemented in Mexico and economic restructuring in the United States have facilitated the reconfiguration of the two countries' trade relations in a context of more integrated economic and industrial relations. In this regard, labour force mobility within the bloc will depend not so much on the integration process in itself as on the linkage between work processes and labour markets in each economy and in the bloc as a whole
International migration and labour flexibility in the context of NAFTA
No full textIn this paper we present a frame of reference for analysing the possible impact of economic integration under NAFTA on the size, composition and forms of migration between Mexico and the United States. Our argument is that the source of any possible impact on migration ought not to be sought in NAFTA but in the underlying processes of change in production operations. In particular, we contend that the new forms of migration are indicative of structural changes related to changes in labour market dynamics caused by the various forms of labour flexibility introduced in both Mexico and the United States. Both the neoliberal policy implemented in Mexico and economic restructuring in the United States have facilitated the reconfiguration of the two countries' trade relations in a context of more integrated economic and industrial relations. In this regard, labour force mobility within the bloc will depend not so much on the integration process in itself as on the linkage between work processes and labour markets in each economy and in the bloc as a whole
Mexican labour migration to the United States in the age of globalisation
No full textThe objective of this paper is to review the evolution of Mexican migration to the United States in an historical context, paying due attention to economic factors in both countries and, for more recent analysis, setting the globalisation context. The article is in four parts. Firstly, the profile and trends of Mexican migration to the US are reviewed. Secondly, I present recent evidence and data on the incorporation of Mexicans in the US labour market; this helps to counteract the stereotype of Mexicans as temporary migrants. The third section of the article overviews the structural transformation of the Mexican economy, which helps to explain changing social, gender and geographical origins of Mexican migration in recent years. Fourthly, attention is turned to the US context, with a particular focus on processes of labour flexibilisation, segmentation and polarisation
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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