MIGRATION OF FOREIGN WORKERS INTO SOUTH KOREA: <i>From Periphery to Semi-Periphery in the Global Labor Market</i>

Kim, Wang-Bae

doi:10.1525/as.2004.44.2.316

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“…Beginning in the late 80s, a steady stream of foreign newcomers has entered Korea, mostly temporary workers from Southeast Asia in search of better-paying jobs (Seol and Skrentny, 2009). Between 1990 and 2007, the inflow rose dramatically from just 50,000 to over one million foreign laborers, a 20-fold increase (Kim, 2004; Lim, 2010). Once a labor-sending country, Korea has thus undergone a “migration transition” (Kim, 2009).…”

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A liability of embeddedness? Ethnic social capital, job search, and earnings penalty among female immigrants

Kim

2016

Ethnicities

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Evidence concerning the relationship between ethnic social networks and labor market outcomes is mixed. Some studies indicate that immigrants with more social capital benefit in terms of formal-sector employment, higher occupational status, and greater earnings. Others argue that embeddedness in and reliance on ethnic networks can hamper economic incorporation in the host society. Using multilevel analysis of population-level data, this study examines the association between using a personal contact in the job search and monthly earnings among immigrant women (foreign-born spouses) in Korea. Findings show that, at the individual level, the use of personal contact, both weak and strong ties, is related to lower income. At the contextual level, residing in a community characterized by denser informal interaction among immigrant members is also associated with lower income. Finally, the negative relationship between informal job search and earnings is stronger in a community with more aggregate ethnic social capital.

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A liability of embeddedness? Ethnic social capital, job search, and earnings penalty among female immigrants

Kim

2016

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“…A consequence of the situation described above is that a higher proportion of the younger generation are today more willing to migrate to find work. Migration for work, however, is often a case of finding poorly paid, temporary work, for instance in the construction industry in Ulaanbaatar, Kazakhstan, or Korea (see Diener ; Kim ), and sometimes further afield in countries such as the Czech Republic (e.g., Burčíková ). As was the case for Ustav and Apiza's son, who ultimately chose to return to Bayan‐Ölgii, this situation is insecure and is always self‐funded, involving a high level of risk—and in this way very different from the educational and labor trajectories of the state‐socialist period only one generation ago.…”

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“Like Unbroken Cream”: Education and Livelihoods among the Kazakh of Western Mongolia

Portisch

2012

Anthropology & Edu Quarterly

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This article concerns educational and livelihood trajectories of the Kazakh minority in western Mongolia. It outlines the trajectories of individuals over four generations of a Kazakh family and contextualizes these within social, political, and economic context. It describes the importance of family networks and considers the concept of social capital, arguing that this key term in the literature on education and social mobility must be redefined in different historical and social settings.

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“…A total of 15 countries have made MOUs with Korea through the EPS. Notably, the labour rights of foreign workers have been improved under the system (Kim, ) because the EPS mandates equal treatment of foreign and local workers in the workplace (Kim, ; Chung et al, ). Accordingly, scholars such as Kim () asserted that the EPS would change the status of low‐skilled migrant workers from peripheral to semi‐peripheral in the Korean labour market.…”

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More than Money: The Importance of Social Exchanges for Temporary Low‐Skilled Migrant Workers’ Workplace Satisfaction

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Chin

Lee

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International Migration

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Research has focused on the happiness of immigrants, but the workplace satisfaction of temporary low‐skilled migrant workers has rarely been explored. By utilizing survey data for two years, 2010 and 2013, along with interviews with migrant workers, we explored how economic or social factors could trigger diverse impacts on the satisfaction of temporary low‐skilled migrant workers in different work environments. Results showed that economic factors triggered more notable impacts in 2010, while the importance of social factors increased with improvements in work environments in 2013. The results indicated that moving motive premises and social exchange theory effectively explain attitudes of temporary low‐skilled migrant workers. Theoretical and practical contributions and suggestions of the results are also included.

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MIGRATION OF FOREIGN WORKERS INTO SOUTH KOREA: From Periphery to Semi-Periphery in the Global Labor Market

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A liability of embeddedness? Ethnic social capital, job search, and earnings penalty among female immigrants

A liability of embeddedness? Ethnic social capital, job search, and earnings penalty among female immigrants

“Like Unbroken Cream”: Education and Livelihoods among the Kazakh of Western Mongolia

More than Money: The Importance of Social Exchanges for Temporary Low‐Skilled Migrant Workers’ Workplace Satisfaction

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