From productive to cognitive dependence

Knowledge-based economies and highly qualified migrants in Latin America

Bibliographic Data

ID12052047
AuthorsFrancesco Maniglio (0000-0003-3838-556X, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Technical University of Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume100
Issue1
Pages41-64
Publication date2019-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0707-8552 • E-ISSN: 1918-7033
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07078552.2019.1612165
OpenAlexW2967862768
LanguageEN
References cited45

Since the 1990s, labour markets in the core countries have been extending recruitment fields into other countries to meet the growing demand for qualified workers, creating a situation of international competition. Rethinking the Marxian dependence approach, this paper posits that the international migration of highly qualified workers would account for the consolidation of a specific geography, which includes dominance by knowledge-based economies. The new social formations that arise from the migration of qualified workers bring to the fore the issue of international division of labour and knowledge. In this context, the agenda of knowledge-based economies shows the new forms of contradiction between dependence and development

Competition (biology · Consolidation (business · Context (archaeology · Contradiction · Division of labour · Dominance (genetics · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Latin Americans · Market economy · Political science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy