Economies of Exclusion: Underclass Poverty and Labor Market Change in MexicoRapid economic changes throughout the world economy offer new possibilities for economic development. Yet the multitude of people in an impoverished underclass often find the burst of economic development in their country continues to exclude them. As technologies and demographics reshape economies, the underclass finds its skills increasingly peripheral to the urban economy into which it is drawn. The daunting task before Mexico in raising the living standards of its people is carefully analyzed with the help of economic theory. The current focus on Mexico and Latin America since the passage of NAFTA makes this a particularly relevant book for economists and readers interested in labor, international topics, and in Mexico. |
Contents
Measuring Poverty Growth and Development | 19 |
Patterns of Industrialization | 45 |
The New Industries | 65 |
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Economies of Exclusion: Underclass Poverty and Labor Market Change in Mexico Scott Sernau No preview available - 1994 |
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agricultural American attractive Banco de Mexico basic benefits Cancun capital census Central Highlands class structure concentration construction continued credentials culture decline demand dominated ECLAC economically active elite employed employers enterprises ethnic exclusion expansion export extreme underemployment Federal District Fernandez-Kelly firms formal fringe gains growing growth Guadalajara Guanajuato higher housing important income increase increasingly Indian industrial inequality informal economy informal employment infrastructure Irapuato isolation Ixtapa labor force labor market large numbers largest cities Latin America locations Lomnitz low-income major manufacturing maquiladoras metropolitan Mexican Mexican economy Mexican society Mexico City middle class minimum wage mobility Monterrey NAFTA National Financiera neighborhoods Oaxaca offer opportunities pattern percent percentage periphery poor population positions poverty problem production Puebla Puerto Vallarta rapid rates regions relative residents resort result seen service sector skills social Table technological tourism traditional underclass underemployment urban areas workers Zihuatanejo
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Consuming People: From Political Economy to Theaters of Consumption A. Fuat Firat,Nikhilesh Dholakia No preview available - 1998 |
Organizing Through Division and Exclusion: China's Hukou System Fei-Ling Wang No preview available - 2005 |