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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.

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"Through facts and figures, the book encourages readers to look beyond the classification of workers as "skilled" or "unskilled." ... Recommended." -- B. P. Corrie, CHOICE connect

Table of Contents
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

Skills of the Unskilled

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    A Hardback by Jacqueline Hagan, Ruben Hernandez-Leon, Prof. Jean-Luc Demonsant

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 17 March 2015
      ISBN-13 9780520283725
      978-0520283725
      ISBN-10 0520283724

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      "Through facts and figures, the book encourages readers to look beyond the classification of workers as "skilled" or "unskilled." ... Recommended." -- B. P. Corrie, CHOICE connect

      Table of Contents
      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

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