Perfiles Latinoamericanos
Volume 23, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 105-125

Crisis económica: Migrantes más vulnerables. Casos en Berrien, Michigan (Review) (Open Access)

Avendaño M. , Rivera J.M. , Díaz R.
  • a Centro Internacional de Política Económica Para El Desarrollo Sostenible (CINPE), Uni-versidad Nacional (UNA), Costa Rica
  • b Centro Internacional de Política Económica Para El Desarrollo Sostenible (CINPE), Uni-versidad Nacional (UNA), Costa Rica, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Administrativas y Contables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), Costa Rica
  • c Centro Internacional de Política Económica Para El Desarrollo Sostenible (CINPE), Uni-versidad Nacional (UNA), Costa Rica

Abstract

This article analyzes the effects of the economic crisis on the quality of life of Mexican immigrants in Berrien County, Michigan; due to the factors that influence transportation, mobilization (le-gal status), less opportunities of labor type and limitations of social nature (Medicaid, university and perception about quality of life). By applying a methodology of case studies, into the way each face the disadvantages about their legal status and their work, reconstructing the primary conditions of their lives, type of job, residency status in the country, reasons that impelled the immigration and changes before and after the crisis.

Author Keywords

Migration status Effects Economic crisis Quality of life

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84919643677&doi=10.18504%2fpl2345-105-2015&partnerID=40&md5=5385b22f6007de4fd3a7d4a17f4a8551
DOI: 10.18504/pl2345-105-2015
ISSN: 01887653
Original Language: Spanish