The gendered and racialised division in the Korean labour market: The case of migrant workers in the catering sector

East Asia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-111

  Shin, Julia Jiwon ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catering; Gender; Intersectionality; Migrant labour market; Migration; Racialisation; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENDER RELATIONS; LABOR MARKET; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; RACIAL DISPARITY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 67349164647     PISSN: 10966838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12140-009-9069-0     Document Type: Article

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