Introduction: Vulnerability and Resilience of Latin American Immigrants During the Great Recession

Aysa-Lastra, María; Cachón, Lorenzo

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“…Their shared language and religion made them the favorites (Izquierdo, 2004) and migration regulations were designed accordingly, offering them special treatment with regard to legal status and resulting in a positive change in perceptions and attitudes toward them (Cea D'Ancona & Valles-Martínez, 2015). Hence, their cultural proximity made their integration to Spanish society easier compared to other origins (Aysa-Lastra & Cachón, 2015). During the early 2000s, the feminized Latin American flows were a solution to the labor demand for domestic workers and caregivers.…”

Section: Latin American Migration During the Economic Expansion And Rmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Latin American migrants in Spain are not an exception, and the upward occupation mobility for many of them leads them to face a glass door. In the Spanish context, compared to native-born individuals, immigrants suffer from a strong and persistent disadvantage in accessing skilled and stable occupations even after controlling for sociodemographic characteristics (Aysa-Lastra & Cachón, 2015;Bernardi et al, 2011). This situation allowed the emergence of a complementarity process between Spanish-born and immigrant populations (Bernardi & Garrido, 2008).…”

Section: Labor Market Segregation By Gender and Originmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although male unemployment during the economic recession has affected both Spanish and immigrant families, it has affected migrants more than native-born populations (Aysa-Lastra & Cachón, 2015) due to their more vulnerable labor situation. Many scholars have documented a dramatic growth in the unemployment gap between foreign-born and Spanish-born workers in Spain (Aysa-Lastra & Cachón, 2015;Cebolla-Boado, Miyar-Busto, & Muñoz-Comet, 2015;Muñoz-Comet, 2012;OECD, 2009;Reyneri, 2004;Reyneri & Fullin, 2011). Scholars have emphasized that the unemployment breach is a male phenomenon that reflects male migrants' concentration in highly cyclical industries (i.e., construction) and their holding of manualskilled and low-skilled jobs with less-secure labor conditions.…”

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Vulnerability of Latin American Migrant Families Headed by Women in Spain During the Great Recession: A Couple-Level Analysis

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Vidal-Coso

2018

Journal of Family Issues

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One of the outcomes of the Great Recession has been the emerging pattern of households maintained exclusively by women. The analysis of intra-couple characteristics is crucial in the context of job segregation by gender and by immigrant origin, such as in Spain. Using the panel version of the Spanish Labor Force Survey from 2008 to 2015, we analyze the transition of dual earner couples to female-earner couples among Latin American and Spanish born households. Our results suggest that migrant vulnerability is not only a consequence of a segregated labor market by gender and origin but is also the result of the partners' relative occupational and family characteristics. We show that, unlike Spanish-born couples, the risk of Latin American families becoming female-headed is higher for those couples in which the female partner has the weakest position in the occupational scale and for those with children in the household.

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Section: Latin American Migration During the Economic Expansion And Rmentioning

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Vulnerability of Latin American Migrant Families Headed by Women in Spain During the Great Recession: A Couple-Level Analysis

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Vidal-Coso

2018

Journal of Family Issues

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“…To begin, Latinos in both Spain and the US are primarily channelled into low‐wage labour systems (e.g. house‐keeping and care‐giving) (Aysa‐Lastra and Cachón, ) and encounter restrictive legal regimes. An immigrant in Spain who has an irregular status, for example, does not have access to certain vital benefits of the Spanish welfare state (e.g., healthcare) and must find informal work opportunities where fair wage standards are often under‐enforced (Pabón López, ; Calavita, ).…”

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Different Contexts and Trends: Latina Immigrant Fertility in the US and Spain

Mora

Fernández

Torre

2017

International Migration

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This article provides the first cross‐national assessment of Latina immigrant fertility trends. Specifically, we compare Ecuadorian women in Spain (EiS) to Mexican women in the United States (MiUS). We focus on these two groups because they (1) have similar socio‐economic profiles and (2) are the largest Latina subgroups in their respective host countries. We show that since 2001, the fertility rate of EiS has declined substantially more than the fertility rate of MiUS has. Drawing on census and administrative data in both countries, we assess four factors that might explain this difference: economic cycles, linguistic affinity, labor market participation, and education. We argue that labor market and education factors can best help to explain Latina fertility patterns. We conclude by discussing the findings with regard to contemporary arguments about Latino culture and immigrant fertility, and by describing the study's policy implications.

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“…Even among larger foreign populations, however, undocumented migrants often account for substantial shares of the total, including 24 percent in Italy, 21 percent in Greece, and 18 percent in Britain. The percentage undocumented has likely been kept down in Spain through a series of regularization programs directed mainly at Latin Americans (Aysa-Lastra and Cachón 2015).…”

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Twenty-First-Century Globalization and Illegal Migration

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Massey²

2016

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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Also labeled undocumented, irregular, and unauthorized migration, illegal migration places immigrants in tenuous legal circumstances with limited rights and protections. We argue that illegal migration emerged as a structural feature of the second era of capitalist globalization, which emerged in the late twentieth century and was characterized by international market integration. Unlike the first era of capitalist globalization (1800 to 1929), the second era sees countries limiting and controlling international migration and creating a global economy in which all markets are globalized except for labor and human capital, giving rise to the relatively new phenomenon of illegal migration. Yet despite rampant inequalities in wealth and income between nations, only 3.1 percent of all people lived outside their country of birth in 2010. We expect this to change: threat evasion is replacing opportunity seeking as a motivation for international migration because of climate change and rising levels of civil violence in the world’s poorer nations. The potential for illegal migration is thus greater now than in the past, and more nations will be forced to grapple with growing populations in liminal legal statuses.

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Introduction: Vulnerability and Resilience of Latin American Immigrants During the Great Recession

Cited by 11 publications

References 40 publications

Vulnerability of Latin American Migrant Families Headed by Women in Spain During the Great Recession: A Couple-Level Analysis

Vulnerability of Latin American Migrant Families Headed by Women in Spain During the Great Recession: A Couple-Level Analysis

Different Contexts and Trends: Latina Immigrant Fertility in the US and Spain

Twenty-First-Century Globalization and Illegal Migration

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