Myoungsub Choi and Jun-Hyung Kim (2016-04), "Does "Korean Flight" exist? : based on the Panel Granger Casuality test and KLIPS data analysis," Appraisal Studies, 15(1): 84-97. (in Korean)
Abstract
The increase of foreign immigrants plays a positive role in that it makes up for the shortage of local labor supply. However, it also can generate a negative social impact of out-migration of local population and segregation. This study examines whether the recent rise of foreign immigrants make positive or negative impacts in Korea through conducting Panel Granger Causality tests and analyzing the Korea Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS) data. The Panel Granger Causality tests find that inflow of foreign population makes up for local population loss in Korea. In particular, the majority of foreign immigrants who respond to the decrease of local population came from Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia, and their visa status are mostly education, training and non-expert employment. By contrast, the analysis shows that the increase of foreigners did not cause the decrease of local population, and those results are consistent for any group of foreigners with different visa status and nationality. Furthermore, the logistic regression analyses of KLIPS data do not provide any empirical evidence of “Korean Flight” due to the increase of foreign immigrants. Some Korean outflow resulted from one group of foreigners is replaced by Korean inflow resulted from another group of foreigners. It implies that the recent rise of foreign immigrant responds to the loss of local population, but it does not create the social and racial segregation in Korea.
Keywords
Foreigner; Multicultural Society; Population Mobility; Panel Granger Causality test; Korea Labor and Income Panel Study