Occupational and Spatial Mobility of Temporary Mexican Migrants to the U.S.: A Comparative Analysis

1986 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Jones ◽  
William Breen Murray
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Spatial Mobility ◽  
Mexican Migrants ◽  
The U.S

Occupational and Spatial Mobility of Temporary Mexican Migrants to the U.S.: A Comparative Analysis

1986 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 973-985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Jones ◽  
William Breen Murray
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Occupational Mobility ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Job Mobility ◽  
Spatial Mobility ◽  
Urban Hierarchy ◽  
Urban Sector ◽  
Mexican Migrants ◽  
The U.S

U.S. job and spatial mobility are compared here for recent returnee migrants from two Mexican areas — Rio Grande, Zacatecas, in the interior; and Nueva Rosita-Muzquiz, Coahuila, near the U.S. border. Results suggest that the interior migrants fit a hierarchical migrant model: they move up the urban hierarchy from U.S. rural areas to towns and cities, experiencing substantial job mobility at first, but little after reaching the urban sector. Border migrants fit a shuttle migrant model: they return to the same job and place year after year, experiencing little or no spatial and occupational mobility, although they tend to hold somewhat higher status jobs.

How Long do Mexican Migrants Work in the U.S.?

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwight Steward ◽  
Amy Raub ◽  
Jeannie Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Migrants ◽  
The U.S
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