Doubly disadvantaged? Gender, informal job search, and labor market outcomes among South Korea's immigrant workers
- 주제(키워드) informal job search , immigrant earnings , ethnic networks , income inequality
- 주제(기타) Demography
- 설명문(일반) [Kim, Harris Hyun-Soo] Ewha Womans Univ, Dept Sociol, 52 Ewhayeodae Gil, Seoul 03760, South Korea
- 등재 SSCI, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 OXFORD UNIV PRESS
- 발행년도 2021
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000190311
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnz030
초록/요약
This research investigates the gendered labor market consequences of immigrant social networks. Based on a nationally representative sample and using alternative analytic strategies, the present study investigates how and the extent to which informal job search, that is, finding a job through a personal contact, is associated with the earnings outcome for male and female immigrant workers in South Korea. Unlike most previous studies, it distinguishes between job contact sources: bonding and bridging. Contrary to the notion that immigrant women are 'doubly disadvantaged' in the labor market, findings indicate that informal job search yields lower monthly income for male workers only. In addition, significant evidence suggests that for the male subsample, securing a job through a bonding (co-ethnic) tie results in an earnings penalty. Negative income returns on using a bridging (inter-ethnic) tie, on the other hand, receive conditional empirical support.
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