Skilled migrants as human and social capital in Korea

Gi Wook Shin; Joon Nak Choi; Rennie J. Moon

doi:10.1525/AS.2019.59.4.673

Skilled migrants as human and social capital in Korea

Gi Wook Shin, Joon Nak Choi, Rennie J. Moon

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Abstract

South Korea faces a shortage of highly skilled labor, but with a low tolerance for diversity, it lags behind in its global competitiveness to retain mobile skilled talent. Using data on foreign students and professionals, we demonstrate the potential of skilled migrants as both human and social capital for Korea and suggest that the country is poised to adopt a study-bridge-work framework to compensate for its competitive weaknesses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	673-692
Number of pages	20
Journal	Asian Survey
Volume	59
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/AS.2019.59.4.673
Publication status	Published - 2019 Aug 1

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Geography, Planning and Development
Sociology and Political Science

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