Exploitation or choice? Exploring the relative attractiveness of employment in the maquiladoras

摘要: This study investigates the relative attractiveness of production level jobs provided by multinational firms in Mexico's maquiladora industry. We take position that workers themselves are an important and often overlooked source information relevant to controversy focusing on responsibilities companies their employees developing world. conducted interviews with 59 maquila Mexican cities Cd. Juarez Chihuahua. Using a framework compared other employment available local economy, line technical responded questions addressing why they were working at maquila, work history, both prior held friends family, whether planned continue maquilas. While responses from diverse, suggest provide attractive for economically disadvantaged Northern Mexico.