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題名 Exclusion or Inclusion: National Differential Regulations of Migrant Workers’ Employment, Social Protection, and Migration Policies on Im/Mobilities in East Asia—Examples of South Korea and Taiwan
作者 王明聖
Wang, Ming Sheng
Kwak, Yoon Kyung
貢獻者 社工所
關鍵詞 blue-collar workers; labor migration; employment policies; precarity; public health
日期 2022-12
上傳時間 13-Jan-2023 15:55:23 (UTC+8)
摘要 Low fertility rates and an aging society, growing long-term care needs, and workforce shortages in professional, industrial, and care sectors are emerging issues in South Korea and Taiwan. Both governments have pursued economic/industrial growth as productive welfare capitalism and enacted preferred selective migration policies to recruit white-collar migrant workers (MWs) as mobile elites, but they have also adopted regulations and limitations on blue-collar MWs through unfree labor relations, precarious employment, and temporary legal status to provide supplemental labor. In order to demonstrate how multiple policy regulations from a national level affect MWs’ precarity of labor in their receiving countries, which in turn affect MWs’ im/mobilities, this article presents the growing trends of transnational MWs, regardless of them being high- or low-skilled MWs, and it evaluates four dimensions of labor migration policies—MWs’ working and employment conditions, social protection, union rights and political participation, and access to permanent residency in both countries. We found that the rights and working conditions of low-skilled MWs in Korea and Taiwan are improving slowly, but still lag behind those of high-skilled MWs which also affects their public health and well-being. The significant difference identified here is that MWs in Taiwan can organize labor unions, which is strictly prohibited in Korea; pension protection also differs between the nations. Additionally, an application for permanent residency is easier for high-skilled migrant workers compared with low-skilled MWs and both the Korean and Taiwanese immigration policies differentiate the entry and resident status for low-skilled and professional MWs from dissimilar class backgrounds. Policy recommendations for both countries are also discussed.
關聯 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.19, No.23, 16270
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316270
dc.contributor 社工所
dc.creator (作者) 王明聖
dc.creator (作者) Wang, Ming Sheng
dc.creator (作者) Kwak, Yoon Kyung
dc.date (日期) 2022-12
dc.date.accessioned 13-Jan-2023 15:55:23 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 13-Jan-2023 15:55:23 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 13-Jan-2023 15:55:23 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/142922-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Low fertility rates and an aging society, growing long-term care needs, and workforce shortages in professional, industrial, and care sectors are emerging issues in South Korea and Taiwan. Both governments have pursued economic/industrial growth as productive welfare capitalism and enacted preferred selective migration policies to recruit white-collar migrant workers (MWs) as mobile elites, but they have also adopted regulations and limitations on blue-collar MWs through unfree labor relations, precarious employment, and temporary legal status to provide supplemental labor. In order to demonstrate how multiple policy regulations from a national level affect MWs’ precarity of labor in their receiving countries, which in turn affect MWs’ im/mobilities, this article presents the growing trends of transnational MWs, regardless of them being high- or low-skilled MWs, and it evaluates four dimensions of labor migration policies—MWs’ working and employment conditions, social protection, union rights and political participation, and access to permanent residency in both countries. We found that the rights and working conditions of low-skilled MWs in Korea and Taiwan are improving slowly, but still lag behind those of high-skilled MWs which also affects their public health and well-being. The significant difference identified here is that MWs in Taiwan can organize labor unions, which is strictly prohibited in Korea; pension protection also differs between the nations. Additionally, an application for permanent residency is easier for high-skilled migrant workers compared with low-skilled MWs and both the Korean and Taiwanese immigration policies differentiate the entry and resident status for low-skilled and professional MWs from dissimilar class backgrounds. Policy recommendations for both countries are also discussed.
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dc.relation (關聯) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.19, No.23, 16270
dc.subject (關鍵詞) blue-collar workers; labor migration; employment policies; precarity; public health
dc.title (題名) Exclusion or Inclusion: National Differential Regulations of Migrant Workers’ Employment, Social Protection, and Migration Policies on Im/Mobilities in East Asia—Examples of South Korea and Taiwan
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.3390/ijerph192316270
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316270