Abstract

IBARRA ESCOBAR, Guillermo E.. Migrantes mexicanos en la industria del vestido de Los Ángeles. Migr. Inter [online]. 2003, vol.2, n.1, pp.107-135. ISSN 2594-0279.

The participation of the Mexican immigrant workforce in garment manufacture in Los Angeles is considered in terms of its sex, state of origin, socioeconomic profile, labor insertion, and wages. Analysis of data from a 2000 survey taken in the city's manufacturing district, now renamed the Fashion District, shows significant changes in this population. First, the majority appears to be recently arrived, undocumented Mexicans, with little human capital. Second, there is an increasing masculinization of the workforce, with women being replaced by young men from states in Mexico that are not in the traditional sending region. Finally, the study found that solidarity networks operating among the Mexican workers make possible their insertion in the labor market but under conditions that are increasingly precarious.

Keywords : international migration; social networks; clothing industry; Fashion District; Los Angeles.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )