Marcela González-Agüero
The vulnerabilities of skilled irregular Venezuelan migrants and entrepreneurs in Chile
González-Agüero, Marcela; Burcu, Oana
Abstract
In a context marked by restrictive migration policies, precarious living conditions and a neoliberal market, this article explores how Venezuelan migrants incorporated themselves into the job market through informal entrepreneurship, the challenges they faced, and sources of resilience they developed. We draw on eleven semi-structured and in-depth interviews with Venezuelan migrants who participated in a micro-entrepreneurship training program delivered by a Santiago-based NGO during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on the entrepreneurship literature, vulnerability framework and thematic analysis, our findings suggest that there isn’t a one-dimensional incorporation into the labour market experience among the group studied, despite similarities among the members; rather there is a dynamic intersectionality of gender, legal status, household economy and structural factors that amplify their precarity. The findings also highlight that migrants’ capability of acquiring stable employment was essential to their well-being, in the absence of avenues to acquire formal employment, microenterprises became a source of motivation and resilience, providing them with a network of contacts and social support.
Citation
González-Agüero, M., & Burcu, O. (2024). The vulnerabilities of skilled irregular Venezuelan migrants and entrepreneurs in Chile. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50(14), 3453-3471. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2024.2305270
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 5, 2024 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 3, 2024 |
Publication Date | Feb 3, 2024 |
Deposit Date | Feb 23, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 23, 2024 |
Journal | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
Print ISSN | 1369-183X |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-9451 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 14 |
Pages | 3453-3471 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2024.2305270 |
Keywords | Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Demography |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/31603152 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2024.2305270 |
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