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day labor: a standalone construct

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Sociology of work

informal hiring of workers for short jobs, often at street corners or hiring sites, common among immigrant men.

In sociology of work, day labor refers to informal hiring of workers for short jobs, often at street corners or hiring sites, common among immigrant men. This meaning comes from Valenzuela (2003) in Annual Review of Sociology.[1]

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labor4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs short3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs work4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Valenzuela, A. (2003). Day Labor Work. Annual Review of Sociology, 29(1), 307-333. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.29.010202.100044

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