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Determinants of Return Migration Intention: The Case of Korean Australians

  • Korea Social Policy Review
  • Abbr : KSPR
  • 2020, 27(3), pp.107-130
  • DOI : 10.17000/kspr.27.3.202009.107
  • Publisher : Korean Association of Social Policy
  • Research Area : Social Science > Sociology > Medical / Welfare / Social policy
  • Received : July 31, 2020
  • Accepted : September 9, 2020
  • Published : September 30, 2020

YONG-MOON JUNG 1

1경남대학교

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ABSTRACT

Return migration, as an emerging trend of international population movement of Koreans, has recently attracted scholarly attentions. This is an empirical study of Korean emigrants, of which the primary aim is to establish a knowledge base of who has a (higher) desire to return. This study unprecedentedly adopted a quantitative research design, involving Korean Australians. While most of past studies utilised a binary analysis model, which was considered as having a limitation in reflecting the continuity of the concept of intention, this study implemented a linear regression analysis. Independent variables were constructed as economic, adaptation, and personal life cycle categories. The insights obtained by this study trigger the necessity for follow-up studies, which would test the applicability of the findings to other Korean migrants and further to non-Korean migrants in general. The findings of this study revealed the importance of structural factors including the experience of discrimination and the social security system in return migration intention, which would enable informed policy making for migrants.

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