Caderno CRH
Volume 30, Issue 79, 2017, Pages 33-50

The qualified-specialized face of immigrant labor in Brazil: Temporality and flexibility [La face qualifiée-specialisée du travail des immigrants au Brésil: Temporalité et flexibilité] [A face qualificada-especializada do trabalho imigrante no Brasil: Temporalidade e flexibilidade] (Article) (Open Access)

Villen P.*
  • a Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Universidade Federal de Uberlânida, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Campus Santa Mônica - Bloco 1H Sala 20. Av. João Naves de Ávila, 2121, Santa Mônica - Uberlândia, Minas Gerais Cep: 38400-902, Brazil

Abstract

The object of this article is the qualified-specialized characteristic of immigrant work related to the legalized circuit of immigration. The references and the different theoretical backgrounds are evaluated highlighting the relevance of the “global market for qualified human resources”. The manifestation of these fluxes in Brazil (2007-2014) is analyzed based on the statistics of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labor and Employment about the visa regime, the composition of gender and nationality. A section is dedicated to “global maritimes”, and Cuban doctors, because they represent an emblematic case in the new sociohistorical bases of development of the immigration phenomenon in the country. Finally, a balance will be made about the link between these issues and the movements of labor precariousness, in particular those regarding temporality and flexibility. © 2017, EDUFBA - Editora Universttaria. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Immigrant labor Flexibility Labor market Global maritime More doctors for Brazil program Temporality

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021893029&doi=10.1590%2fS0103-49792017000100003&partnerID=40&md5=ca188222dfe061a34b3d12130b8cd31e
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-49792017000100003
ISSN: 01034979
Original Language: Portuguese