scholarly journals A Study on Elderly Care Labor Market and Korean-Chinese Migrant Workers in Korea: Focused on Regulatory Policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-208
Author(s):  
김유휘
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Regulatory Policy ◽  
Korean Chinese ◽  
Care Labor ◽  
Chinese Migrant Workers

Cheap and Efficient? Chinese Migrant Workers and Japanese Policies in Colonial Korea, 1920s–1930s

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-136
Author(s):  
Byungil Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Foreign Exchange Market ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Colonial Korea ◽  
Colonial Policy ◽  
Japanese Colonial ◽  
Chinese Migrant Workers

This study examines how Japanese colonial policies and the foreign exchange market conditioned unskilled Chinese construction workers to dominate the Korean construction labor market during the 1920s and the 1930s. The dominance of Chinese laborers in construction was the main cause of conflicts between the two ethnic groups in colonial Korea that often erupted as a series of anti-Chinese riots, culminating in the 1931 Pyongyang massacre of Chinese immigrants. Past studies simply attributed the Chinese dominance to high efficiency and low labor costs and as purely a result of the labor market. However, this article concludes that efficiency of the Chinese laborers in Korea was facilitated by Japan’s ethnic division of the labor markets within the Japanese empire. The imperial Japanese authority allowed Koreans, as colonial subjects, to travel and find jobs at the construction sites of mainland Japan, while Chinese laborers could only move to colonial Korea. Strict restrictions were placed on the Chinese who wanted to work in mainland Japan. As a result, massive numbers of Korean laborers, who were considered desirable workers, migrated to Japan hoping to earn higher wages and leaving a less efficient labor pool to compete with the Chinese in Korea. The dominance of Chinese laborers at Korean construction sites was a byproduct of Japanese colonial policy and international economic circumstances.

scholarly journals Multiple Risk Factors for Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses in Korean-Chinese Migrant Workers

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyeonkyeong Lee ◽  
Duckhee Chae ◽  
Kwan Hyung Yi ◽  
Soye Im ◽  
Sung Hye Cho
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Multiple Risk Factors ◽  
Korean Chinese ◽  
Multiple Risk ◽  
Chinese Migrant Workers

Korean-Chinese Migrant Workers and the Politics of Korean Nationalism

Pacific Focus ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byoungha Lee ◽  
Jun Young Choi ◽  
Jungmin Seo
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Korean Nationalism ◽  
Korean Chinese ◽  
Chinese Migrant Workers

scholarly journals Prohibition on Changing Workplaces and Fatal Occupational Injuries among Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (18) ◽  
pp. 3333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ju-Yeun Lee ◽  
Sung-il Cho
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Chinese Workers ◽  
Korean Chinese ◽  
Operator Construction ◽  
Chinese Migrant Workers

We assessed the risk of fatal occupational injuries among migrant workers with two different types of employment permits in South Korea. This observational study used national data from January 2007 to September 2018 and analyzed 42,089 cases of occupationally injured migrant workers of Chinese nationality. Fatality rates were analyzed according to year, sex, age, occupation, industry, and type of employment permit. Chinese workers were permitted to work for one employer and prohibited from changing employers, whereas Korean-Chinese workers were permitted to change their employer. The adjusted fatality rate of occupational injuries of Chinese migrant workers was significantly higher (1.80-fold, 95% confidence interval 1.31–2.46) than that of Korean-Chinese migrant workers. The prohibition on changing workplaces; male sex; age ≥ 45 years; machine operator; construction industry; and agriculture, livestock, and fisheries industry were risk factors for fatal occupational injuries. The results imply a need for revision of the migrant-worker employment permit systems and implementation of occupational safety and health policies for all workers to promote health equity.

scholarly journals “We Are Not Foreigners”: Constructing Migrant Subjects through Korean Chinese Migrants’ Claims-Making in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-40
Author(s):  
Yang-Sook Kim ◽  
Yi-Chun Chien
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Social Constructions ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Chinese Migrants ◽  
Korean Chinese ◽  
Chinese Migrant Workers ◽  
Subject Making

In this paper, we approach citizenship as a claims-making process consisting of social construction practices that emerge from ongoing negotiations and contestations. We examine the migrant subject-making process of Korean Chinese migrants in South Korea. We draw on the voices of migrants to discuss how Korean Chinese construct their migrant subjectivity by mobilizing a collective understanding of ethnonational belonging and thereby deploy distinctive strategies to support their claims. Our analysis of the data gathered from ethnographic observations and interviews with Korean Chinese migrant workers, activists, South Korean bureaucrats, and policymakers show that Korean Chinese migrants have called upon blood ties and ethnic affinity, continued allegiance, economic contributions, and human rights to construct themselves as legitimate candidates for citizenship in South Korea. By shifting our analytical focus from the state to the migrant subjectivity that emerges through day-to-day negotiations, we aim to unpack the complicated dynamics of social constructions of citizenship.

Living Labs for a Mobile App-Based Health Program: Effectiveness of a 24-Week Walking Intervention for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Among Female Korean-Chinese Migrant Workers: Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youlim Kim ◽  
Hyeonkyeong Lee ◽  
Misook Lee Chung
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Cvd Risk ◽  
Walking Intervention ◽  
Korean Chinese ◽  
Chinese Migrant Workers

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for one-third of the causes of death in women, and migrants are relatively more likely to be exposed to CVD risk owing to social and environmental factors. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a 24-week app-based walking program, using Fitbit, for CVD risk reduction among female Korean-Chinese middle-aged workers. METHODS Participants were recruited between April 11 and July 11, 2018 through distributing posters and flyers. They were randomly assigned to either the standard treatment (ST; n = 22) or enhanced treatment (ET; n = 28) group. All participants were provided with a mobile app linked to Fitbit Alta for 24 weeks and instructed to walk for more than 30 minutes five times a week and moderate intensity physical activity. During the 12-week adaptation period, the ET group also received a mobile app-based health program applying socio-cognitive strategies to increase walking adherence. All participants were guided to voluntary physical activity without researchers' intervention during the 12-week maintenance period. Data were analyzed by the Mann Whitney U-test and a generalized estimating equation. RESULTS There were significant between-group differences regarding the number of steps (B = 1.295, P < .001).and moderate physical activity time (OR = 6.396, P = .030) at week 12. ET group had significant changes in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (B = 10.522, P = .007), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( B = -16.178, P = .024), total cholesterol (B = -20.325, P = .039), fasting blood sugar (B = -8.138, P = -.046) over 12 weeks compared to the ST group. In addition, there was a significant reduction CVD risk for the ET group over 12 weeks compared to the ST group (B = -0.521, P <. 001). CONCLUSIONS The app-based walking intervention was effective in reducing CVD risk among female Korean-Chinese migrant workers during the 12-week period. In future studies, long-term studies are needed to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in large-scale migrant workers, and it is necessary to confirm the direct and indirect effects of various socio-cognitive factors on health outcomes.

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