Bilateral Arrangement of Temporary Labor Migration : Lessons from Korea’s Employment Permit System
The number of individuals who have crossed borders has mushroomed over recent years. The phenomenon of international migration, however, is heterogeneous in terms of the underlying motives and aspirations of migrants. Forced international migrants...
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okr-10986-304712021-09-17T05:10:50Z Bilateral Arrangement of Temporary Labor Migration : Lessons from Korea’s Employment Permit System Cho, Yoonyoung Denisova, Anastasiya Yi, Soonhwa Khadka, Upasana LABOR MIGRATION TEMPORARY MIGRATION TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT LABOR MOBILITY The number of individuals who have crossed borders has mushroomed over recent years. The phenomenon of international migration, however, is heterogeneous in terms of the underlying motives and aspirations of migrants. Forced international migrants are involuntarily displaced refugees who flee conflict, violence, or persecution across an international border. Voluntary migrants can additionally be classified into two categories: (i) temporary labor migrants who migrate for economic reasons for a fixed duration of time, and (ii) immigrants who move with the intention of changing their country of residence, due to factors such as wanting to reunite with family or to benefit economically. Bilateral labor agreements (BLAs) between sending and receiving countries are institutional tools designed to facilitate migratory flows and maximize the potential benefits of temporary international migration for all concerned. This study focuses on the employment permit system (EPS) in Korea, a temporary migration program for low-skilled workers considered a good global practice among efforts toward the goal of co-development - that is, the mutual benefit of both sending and receiving nations. The EPS has accomplished several remarkable achievements, including a drastic reduction in migrants’ cost burden, enhanced transparency, reduction in the share of workers overstaying, and improved access to worker protection. The process used to match employers and temporary labor migrants also merits significant improvement. 2018-10-01T19:16:59Z 2018-10-01T19:16:59Z 2018-09-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/684731537420880821/Bilateral-Arrangement-of-Temporary-Labor-Migration-Lessons-from-Korea-s-Employment-Permit-System-Main-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30471 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia Bangladesh Korea, Republic of |
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LABOR MIGRATION TEMPORARY MIGRATION TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT LABOR MOBILITY Cho, Yoonyoung Denisova, Anastasiya Yi, Soonhwa Khadka, Upasana Bilateral Arrangement of Temporary Labor Migration : Lessons from Korea’s Employment Permit System |
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The number of individuals who have
crossed borders has mushroomed over recent years. The
phenomenon of international migration, however, is
heterogeneous in terms of the underlying motives and
aspirations of migrants. Forced international migrants are
involuntarily displaced refugees who flee conflict,
violence, or persecution across an international border.
Voluntary migrants can additionally be classified into two
categories: (i) temporary labor migrants who migrate for
economic reasons for a fixed duration of time, and (ii)
immigrants who move with the intention of changing their
country of residence, due to factors such as wanting to
reunite with family or to benefit economically. Bilateral
labor agreements (BLAs) between sending and receiving
countries are institutional tools designed to facilitate
migratory flows and maximize the potential benefits of
temporary international migration for all concerned. This
study focuses on the employment permit system (EPS) in
Korea, a temporary migration program for low-skilled workers
considered a good global practice among efforts toward the
goal of co-development - that is, the mutual benefit of both
sending and receiving nations. The EPS has accomplished
several remarkable achievements, including a drastic
reduction in migrants’ cost burden, enhanced transparency,
reduction in the share of workers overstaying, and improved
access to worker protection. The process used to match
employers and temporary labor migrants also merits
significant improvement. |
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Cho, Yoonyoung Denisova, Anastasiya Yi, Soonhwa Khadka, Upasana |
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Cho, Yoonyoung Denisova, Anastasiya Yi, Soonhwa Khadka, Upasana |
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Cho, Yoonyoung |
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Bilateral Arrangement of Temporary Labor Migration : Lessons from Korea’s Employment Permit System |
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Bilateral Arrangement of Temporary Labor Migration : Lessons from Korea’s Employment Permit System |
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Bilateral Arrangement of Temporary Labor Migration : Lessons from Korea’s Employment Permit System |
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Bilateral Arrangement of Temporary Labor Migration : Lessons from Korea’s Employment Permit System |
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Bilateral Arrangement of Temporary Labor Migration : Lessons from Korea’s Employment Permit System |
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bilateral arrangement of temporary labor migration : lessons from korea’s employment permit system |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/684731537420880821/Bilateral-Arrangement-of-Temporary-Labor-Migration-Lessons-from-Korea-s-Employment-Permit-System-Main-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30471 |
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