Social trajectories of haitian migrant workers in the labor market in São Paulo

Author(s)

Joseph Enock Placide

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
• Defense date: 2018-10-01

Examining board members

Bárbara Castro; Mário Augusto Medeiros da Silva; Rosana Aparecida Baeninger; Patricia Villen

• Advisor: Bárbara Castro

Abstract

After the earthquake that shook Haiti in January 2010, a new wave of immigration had beginning in Brazil which became one of the main destinations for Haitian immigrants. At that moment, the country was in full economic growth and attracted the immigrants by its possibilities for a better insertion in the labor market. In the state of São Paulo, especially in the capital, the civil construction sector was the main employer of this group of immigrants. However, the economic crisis starts dismantling this sector which is considered as a stimulus that animates job creation. This research project intends to describe and analyze the social trajectories of the Haitian immigrant workers who integrated the labor market of São Paulo from 2010. knowing that the relation between immigration and labor market is an essential aspect to analyze the social place that occupy the Haitian immigrants, this project intends to understand how the insertion of these immigrants in the labor market of the capital of São Paulo and Campinas city (SP), is done. To perform this work, we chose the qualitative methodology. Thirty-eight (38) semi-structured interviewees were held in the capital city of São Paulo and Campinas. This procedure allowed exploring the trajectories of Haitian workers and the possible relationship between the migratory process (flow) and the Brazilian labor market (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 16/24908-0 - Social trajectories of Haitian immigrants workers in the labor market of São Paulo
• Grantee: Joseph Enock Placide
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master