title: Occupational and spatial mobility of temporary Mexican migrants to the U.S.:  a comparative analysis.
abstract: "U.S. job and spatial mobility are compared here for recent returnee migrants from two Mexican areas--Rio Grande, Zacatecas, in the interior; and Nueva Rosita-Muzquiz, Coahuila, near the U.S. border.  Results suggest that the interior migrants fit a hierarchical migrant model:  they move up the urban hierarchy from U.S. rural areas to towns and cities, experiencing substantial job mobility at first, but little after reaching the urban sector.  Border migrants fit a shuttle migrant model:  they return to the same job and place year after year, experiencing little or no spatial and occupational mobility, although they tend to hold somewhat higher status jobs."
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D002489:Central America; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005843:Geography; D006280:Health Workforce; D007843:Latin America; D008800:Mexico; D009656:North America; D009790:Occupations; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Central America; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Latin America; Mexico; Migrants; Migration; North America; Northern America; Occupational Status; Occupations--changes; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Report; Residence Characteristics; Residential Mobility; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; Temporary Migration; United States