Restructuring at the source: High-skilled industrial migration from Mexico to the United States

Work and Occupations

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 424-452

  Hernández León, Rubén ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial migration; Mexico; Peripheral Fordism

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644246101     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888404268883     Document Type: Review

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