Labour incorporation of young Southern European graduates in Mexico

The 2008 economic crisis has had particularly negative effects on the youth labour market outcomes in Southern Europe. Thus, it is hardly surprising that many Southern European youngsters see migration as the only way to escape from under-employment and precariousness. In this context, the article s...

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Autores: Mendoza, Cristóbal|||0000-0001-8694-6830, Ortiz Guitart, Anna|||0000-0002-6016-5136, Oliveras González, Xavier|||0000-0002-1712-3459
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1080/13676261.2019.1645948
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Palabra clave:International migration
Young graduates
Economic crisis
Mexico
Southern Europe
Labour incorporation
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the impact of the economic crisis
title Labour incorporation of young Southern European graduates in Mexico
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Mendoza, Cristóbal|||0000-0001-8694-6830
International migration
Young graduates
Economic crisis
Mexico
Southern Europe
Labour incorporation
title_short Labour incorporation of young Southern European graduates in Mexico
title_full Labour incorporation of young Southern European graduates in Mexico
title_fullStr Labour incorporation of young Southern European graduates in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Labour incorporation of young Southern European graduates in Mexico
title_sort Labour incorporation of young Southern European graduates in Mexico
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mendoza, Cristóbal|||0000-0001-8694-6830
Ortiz Guitart, Anna|||0000-0002-6016-5136
Oliveras González, Xavier|||0000-0002-1712-3459
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Ortiz Guitart, Anna|||0000-0002-6016-5136
Oliveras González, Xavier|||0000-0002-1712-3459
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author2 Ortiz Guitart, Anna|||0000-0002-6016-5136
Oliveras González, Xavier|||0000-0002-1712-3459
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv International migration
Young graduates
Economic crisis
Mexico
Southern Europe
Labour incorporation
topic International migration
Young graduates
Economic crisis
Mexico
Southern Europe
Labour incorporation
description The 2008 economic crisis has had particularly negative effects on the youth labour market outcomes in Southern Europe. Thus, it is hardly surprising that many Southern European youngsters see migration as the only way to escape from under-employment and precariousness. In this context, the article studies the reasons for emigration to Mexico of a group of young graduates from Italy and Spain. The paper is based on 42 in-depth semi-structured interviews with young graduates, aged 29 years old or less on their arrival in Mexico. The article first explores the relevance of the economic crisis as the main reason behind the migration of this group. It is revealed that the interviewed graduates had a precarious labour incorporation back in their countries of origin, and migration appeared as a means to further their careers. Second, the paper analyses the interviewees' labour incorporation in Mexico; in many cases this coincides with an extended university-work transition, since many of them had not secured full-time permanent jobs before their arrival in Mexico. Finally, the paper explores the interviewees' future plans. These depend not only on their work experiences in Mexico but also on their degree of social and cultural integration
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