South Korea faces a shortage of highly skilled labor, but with a low tolerance for diversity, it lags behind in its global competitiveness to retain mobile skilled talent. Using data on foreign students and professionals, we demonstrate the potential of skilled migrants as both human and social capital for Korea and suggest that the country is poised to adopt a study-bridge-work framework to compensate for its competitive weaknesses.

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技术移民在韩国成为人力和社会资本

韩国面临高技能劳动力短缺，但对多样性的容忍度低，在留住流动技能人才方面的全球竞争力落后。使用外国学生和专业人士的数据，我们展示了技术移民作为韩国人力和社会资本的潜力，并建议该国准备采用学习-桥梁-工作框架来弥补其竞争弱点。