Betwixt and Between: The Spectrum of Formality Revealed in the Labor Market Experiences of Mexican Migrant Workers in the United States

Carrie L. Cobb, Mary C. King and Leopoldo Rodriguez
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Carrie L. Cobb: The Cadmus Group, 720 SW Washington Street, Suite 400, Portland, OR 97205, carrie.cobb@cadmusgroup.com
Mary C. King: Department of Economics, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207, kingm@pdx.edu
Leopoldo Rodriguez: International Studies and Economics, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207, leopoldo@pdx.edu

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2009, vol. 41, issue 3, 365-371

Abstract: Interviews with Mexican migrant workers in Portland, Oregon, reveal the inadequacy of the conception of informality to capture the complexity of their labor market experiences in the United States. We propose the term “semi-formal†to describe the large gray area between formal and informal employment, and a spectrum of formality with which to think about the degree of formality present in any particular employment situation.

Keywords: informal labor markets; immigration; social networks; labor standards (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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