Offshore Migrant Workers: Return Migrants in Mexico’s English-Speaking Call Centers
This article examines the offshore bilingual (English/Spanish) call centers in Mexico City that serve as the entry into the labor market for young Mexican return migrants. Thanks to the English skills and cultural capital they gained from their experience in the United States, they are able to compe...
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| description | This article examines the offshore bilingual (English/Spanish) call centers in Mexico City that serve as the entry into the labor market for young Mexican return migrants. Thanks to the English skills and cultural capital they gained from their experience in the United States, they are able to compete with more-skilled workers and are better suited to manage the cultural dimension of this transnational labor. Return migrants become stuck in this economic niche, however, owing to a lack of professional possibilities outside of the sector. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e7e3a4866f348f0bdba45610a13bc702022-12-21T18:33:58ZengRussell Sage FoundationRSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences2377-82532377-82612018-01-0141395710.7758/RSF.2018.4.1.03Offshore Migrant Workers: Return Migrants in Mexico’s English-Speaking Call CentersMichaël Da Cruz0El Colegio de la Frontera NorteThis article examines the offshore bilingual (English/Spanish) call centers in Mexico City that serve as the entry into the labor market for young Mexican return migrants. Thanks to the English skills and cultural capital they gained from their experience in the United States, they are able to compete with more-skilled workers and are better suited to manage the cultural dimension of this transnational labor. Return migrants become stuck in this economic niche, however, owing to a lack of professional possibilities outside of the sector.https://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.1.03return migrationMexican 1.5 generationoffshore call centerslabor market incorporationlife stories |
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| title | Offshore Migrant Workers: Return Migrants in Mexico’s English-Speaking Call Centers |
| title_full | Offshore Migrant Workers: Return Migrants in Mexico’s English-Speaking Call Centers |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Offshore Migrant Workers: Return Migrants in Mexico’s English-Speaking Call Centers |
| title_short | Offshore Migrant Workers: Return Migrants in Mexico’s English-Speaking Call Centers |
| title_sort | offshore migrant workers return migrants in mexico s english speaking call centers |
| topic | return migration Mexican 1.5 generation offshore call centers labor market incorporation life stories |
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