%0 Report
        %A Kim, Jungho
        %T Employment Effects of Low-Skilled Immigrants in Korea
        %D 2013
        %8 2013 Mar
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 7287
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7287
        %X This study examines the impact of inflows of foreign workers on Korean natives' economic performance – namely, employment – through  the Employment Permit System, the basis of Korea's system by which to introduce low-skilled immigrants. Using National Employment Insurance data, analyses reveal that the adjustment cost related to the introduction of foreign workers was not substantial over the 2004-2005 period. However, a substitution effect exists between the employment of foreign and native workers in the service industry and among less-educated natives. The results suggest that policy assistance is needed to lessen the impacts caused by inflows of foreign workers and to enhance adjustments within the labor market on a sector-by-sector basis.
        %K employment permit system
%K low-skilled immigrants
%K employment of natives
%K adjustment costs