Document Type

Article

Source Publication Title

Revista Mexicana de Sociología

First Page

59

Last Page

87

Abstract

This article describes a set of informal activities engaged in by Mexican immigrants in a poor district of San Jose, California. Based on ethnographic field research, the study posits that the informal economy in Mexican immigrant communities does not constitute a labor niche of subsistence activities for workers excluded from the formal sector, or a set of jobs generated by an ethnic economy. On the contrary, it serves as a complement to the income generated by unqualified work in the formal sector, in which most workers are inserted, while in other cases, it represents an advantageous alternative form of work. [DOI: 10.2307/3541359, this article is also available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3541359?origin=crossref&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents]

Disciplines

Anthropology | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Language

English

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