The governance of foreign workers in Korea and Japan

Korea Observer

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 609-631

  Lee, Sook Jong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Foreign (migrant) workers; Immigration policy; Japan; Korea; Labor shortage; NGO's

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749175670     PISSN: 00233919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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