PARAGUAYANS IN THE FOREST SECTOR OF THE ARGENTINE ECONOMY
This paper analyses the participation of Paraguayan migrant men in the forestry labor market of the Paraná River Delta. Although forestry is not the principal activity in which these migrants work in Argentina, this case is relevant to show the way in which discrimination mechanisms based on ethno-n...
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| description | This paper analyses the participation of Paraguayan migrant men in the forestry labor market of the Paraná River Delta. Although forestry is not the principal activity in which these migrants work in Argentina, this case is relevant to show the way in which discrimination mechanisms based on ethno-national stereotypes make cheap foreign labor available. At first, based on the last Argentine Population Census, we show that Paraguayans are the most important migrant group in Argentina. Second, we describe the socio-demographic features of the Paraguayan population in the Paraná River Delta, and compare them with the trends in other places of destination in Argentina. Finally, based on our ethnographic research developed in the Delta, we analyze the labor hierarchies of forestry production; local discrimination discourses against Paraguayans; migratory networks that make these laborers available; and their working and living conditions. We argue that the expansion and profitability of forestry production in the Paraná River Delta is enabled by this segmented labor market that assigns migrant young men to the lowest positions of the labor hierarchy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b462c65d9104c86a4d1ae36929f94632022-12-22T02:36:26ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)RUDN Journal of Economics2313-23292408-89862017-12-0125113714510.22363/2313-2329-2017-25-1-137-14515827PARAGUAYANS IN THE FOREST SECTOR OF THE ARGENTINE ECONOMYC A Pizarro0Университет Буэнос-АйресаThis paper analyses the participation of Paraguayan migrant men in the forestry labor market of the Paraná River Delta. Although forestry is not the principal activity in which these migrants work in Argentina, this case is relevant to show the way in which discrimination mechanisms based on ethno-national stereotypes make cheap foreign labor available. At first, based on the last Argentine Population Census, we show that Paraguayans are the most important migrant group in Argentina. Second, we describe the socio-demographic features of the Paraguayan population in the Paraná River Delta, and compare them with the trends in other places of destination in Argentina. Finally, based on our ethnographic research developed in the Delta, we analyze the labor hierarchies of forestry production; local discrimination discourses against Paraguayans; migratory networks that make these laborers available; and their working and living conditions. We argue that the expansion and profitability of forestry production in the Paraná River Delta is enabled by this segmented labor market that assigns migrant young men to the lowest positions of the labor hierarchy.http://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/17179парагвайские мигрантырынок трудаАргентина |
| spellingShingle | C A Pizarro PARAGUAYANS IN THE FOREST SECTOR OF THE ARGENTINE ECONOMY RUDN Journal of Economics парагвайские мигранты рынок труда Аргентина |
| title | PARAGUAYANS IN THE FOREST SECTOR OF THE ARGENTINE ECONOMY |
| title_full | PARAGUAYANS IN THE FOREST SECTOR OF THE ARGENTINE ECONOMY |
| title_fullStr | PARAGUAYANS IN THE FOREST SECTOR OF THE ARGENTINE ECONOMY |
| title_full_unstemmed | PARAGUAYANS IN THE FOREST SECTOR OF THE ARGENTINE ECONOMY |
| title_short | PARAGUAYANS IN THE FOREST SECTOR OF THE ARGENTINE ECONOMY |
| title_sort | paraguayans in the forest sector of the argentine economy |
| topic | парагвайские мигранты рынок труда Аргентина |
| url | http://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/17179 |
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