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The occupational mobility of rural-urban migrants: Madrid in the 1950s

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  • Javier Silvestre

    (Universidad de Zaragoza)

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This article examines the occupational mobility of rural migrants moving into a major urban centre, Madrid, in the 1950s. Employment type is used as a further indicator of the labour market position of migrants. A new longitudinal dataset has been derived from a survey done during that period, and quantitative and qualitative research approaches are combined to provide a better understanding of occupational trajectories. The results show the importance of accumulating human capital that is transferable to an urban labour market, and of minimizing the costs of migration and integration so as to achieve a higher occupational status. The results also reveal that, once in Madrid, the conditions of the poorer and less-skilled southern migrants tended to converge with those of their more skilled northern counterparts.

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  • Javier Silvestre, 2015. "The occupational mobility of rural-urban migrants: Madrid in the 1950s," Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria, issue 67, pages 143-178, december.
    • Handle: RePEc:seh:journl:y:2015:i:67:m:december:p:143-178
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    Keywords

    rural-urban migration; occupational mobility; Madrid;
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • N34 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: 1913-
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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