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Recherche Sur Les Maquiladoras Du Sud Du Mexique Et En Amérique Centrale : Travail, Genre Et Identité Research On The Maquiladoras Of Southern Mexico And Central America: Work, Gender And Identity

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  • Marie-France LABRECQUE

    (université de Laval)

  • Beatriz Castilla RAMOS

    (UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE YUCATÁN)

Abstract

Les maquiladoras de la frontière nord du Mexique ont fait couler beaucoup d’encre particulièrement en ce qui a trait à la présence des femmes dans ce type d’usine. Celles du sud et de l’Amérique centrale sont pourtant de plus en plus importantes du point de vue numérique. Leur configuration est particulière dans la mesure où, du moins dans le sud du Mexique et au Guatemala en particulier, le facteur ethnique est davantage présent dans la composition de la force de travail. Dans cet article, les auteures proposent un portrait de la situation tout en présentant quelques études touchant le sud du Mexique, de même que le Guatemala, le Honduras, le Nicaragua et le Costa Rica. The maquiladoras of the northern border of Mexico have been widely studied particularly because of the massive presence of women in this kind of factories. Those of the Southern part of Mexico and of Central America are nevertheless becoming more and more important in terms of their numbers. Their configuration is unique as far as, at least in Southern Mexico and also in Guatemala, the ethnic factor is more present in the composition of the labour force. In this article, the authors propose a portrait of the situation while presenting some studies about Mexico, as well as Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

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  • Marie-France LABRECQUE & Beatriz Castilla RAMOS, 2010. "Recherche Sur Les Maquiladoras Du Sud Du Mexique Et En Amérique Centrale : Travail, Genre Et Identité Research On The Maquiladoras Of Southern Mexico And Central America: Work, Gender And Identity," Working Papers 234, Laboratoire de Recherche sur l'Industrie et l'Innovation. ULCO / Research Unit on Industry and Innovation.
  • Handle: RePEc:rii:riidoc:234
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    Keywords

    Multinational firms - Central America - labour- gender - identity - firmes multinationales - Amérique centrale - travail - genre - identité;

    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity

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