Abstract

The objective of this methodological note is to show an innovative perspective in the design of research that has social mobility and labor trajectories as its analytical axis. Likewise, it integrates a vision of the most contemporary labor market segmentation and considers the course of life as a theoretical-empirical perspective. From the methodological point of view, we defend the power of a mixed sequential method, with a predominant focus on the quantitative, and from the qualitative field we believe in the strength of the biographical-narrative technique. Each one of the phases will be articulated by the methodological paragon. The final discussions invite us to look at the phenomenon of social mobility from the power of mixed methods, since they allow greater understanding and deepening of social realities. However, it makes us wonder about the distance that can exist between a powerful design and the difficulties inherent to empirical-analytical work.