Latin American Women During the Great Recession in the US and Spain

Abstract

AbstractThis chapter focuses on the effects of the Great Recession on Latin American women using a comparative perspective. It seeks to describe, through an intersectional approach, the situation of immigrant women as workers in the labor market in terms of multiple disadvantages that operate as barriers. First, we describe a general overview about the effects of Great Recession on immigrant’s employment from a gender perspective. Following this, the consequences for Latin American women in Spain and the US are discussed in more detail. To this end, I use official statistics and as well as data from research findings on gender differences. The chapter concludes with a brief reflexion regarding the common patterns shared by Latin American women in the two contexts and the most important differences, together with the main implications for theory and for improving intervention strategies.KeywordsGenderMigrant womenLatin AmericanIntersectionalityLabor market