Abstract

ARIZA, Marina. Continuities and discontinuities in the work experience of Mexican and Dominican women in the United States. Estud. demogr. urbanos [online]. 2016, vol.31, n.2, pp.263-300. ISSN 2448-6515.

This paper contrasts the work experiences of two groups of Latin American immigrant women (Mexicans and Dominicans) in two subsectors of reproductive services in the home (domestic work and care). It highlights the socio-institutional and socio-demographic factors framing the experience. Precarious working conditions, sanctioned by the institutionality of the labor-regime and the domestic sphere as a workplace, are the factors that lend the greatest continuity to these experiences. The dissimilarities are derived from the interplay between immigration status and labor regime due to the different roles played by these two migratory flows in the context of Latin American migration to the United States, certain socio-demographic traits of the societies of origin, and the differential subjective meaning attributed to such activities.

Keywords : female migration; reproductive services; Latin America; labour experiences; work.

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