Abstract

MONGUI-MONSALVE, Mónica María. The Dual Behavior of the Economic Crisis in the Working Trajectories of Colombian Immigrants in Madrid, Spain. Ágora U.S.B. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.2, pp.424-440. ISSN 1657-8031.  https://doi.org/10.21500/16578031.3893.

The article analyzes the behavior of the economic crisis in the labor trajectories of Colombians in Madrid, by examining the two segments of the Spanish labor market. By using the biographical method, it is found that the crisis breaks as a definitive element in labor redirection. This dynamic is shown both for workers in the second labor segment, as well as for those located in the primary segment, by developing different strategies, which allow for some, to resist the inclement conditions of the economic cycle, and for others, to overcome these hurdles. The social capital and administrative situation are shown as decisive mechanisms to deal with this context.

Keywords : Colombian Migration; Economic Crisis; Segmented Market; and Occupational Mobility.

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