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The Haitian Informal Sector in Miami
Author(s) -
Stepick Alex
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
city and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1548-744X
pISSN - 0893-0465
DOI - 10.1525/city.1991.5.1.10
Subject(s) - miami , informal sector , immigration , work (physics) , migrant workers , political science , economic growth , economy , development economics , economics , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , environmental science , soil science
The nature of immigration policy toward Haitians in southern Florida is largely responsible for the nature of their participation in the labor market. As individuals with an ambiguous status in the United States they are forced to work for low wages on the fringes of the formal sector of the economy or in Miami's growing informal sector. Most notably an example of generative economic activity is the growth of Little Haiti in Miami and the support it provides its residents. [Haitians, boat people, informal economy]