Abstract

NAJERA-AGUIRRE, Jéssica Natalia. Mexico-Guatemala cross-border labor market: a construction from the experience of the workers. Estud. front [online]. 2020, vol.21, e055.  Epub Jan 15, 2021. ISSN 2395-9134.  https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.2013055.

The objective of this work is to build the structure and functioning of the local cross-border labor market between the Soconusco region (Chiapas) and the southwest of Guatemala, from a construction “from below”, based on the experience lived by interviewed Guatemalan workers. The cross-border, economic and population perspective was the guide to link the supply and demand of workers, and the places of origin and work destination, as a way to avoid methodological nationalism. The construction of knowledge from daily life allowed to make visible the diversity of the participating actors, as well as the connection between the needs of workers and employers, cross-border labor networks (formal and informal) and the possibilities of crossing, staying and paid work in the neighboring country. The cross-border labor market detailed allows considering new scenarios considering the recent arrival of foreign immigrants to the region.

Keywords : labor market; border; workers; Guatemalans; Chiapas.

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