Introduction: remittance space: buildings as evidence of social change -- The remittance house: dream homes at a distance -- Tres por uno: the spatial legacy of remittance policy -- El jaripeo: the gendered spectacle of remittance -- La casa de cultura: norteño institutions transform public...

In settings where most workers have full-time schedules, hourly wages are appropriate primary indicators of job quality and worker outcomes. However, in sectors where full-time schedules do not dominate - primarily service-producing activities - total hours matter, in addition to hourly wages,...

The goal of this paper is to develop a comprehensive research agenda to analyze trends in domestic outsourcing in the United States - firms' use of contractors and independent contractors - and its effects on job quality and inequality. In the process, we review definitions of outsourcing, the...