Differential Impacts of Ethnic Korean and Non-Korean Immigrants on Local Amenities in South Korea

Dohee Kwon
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Dohee Kwon: Graduate School of Economics, Keio University

No DP2025-018, Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series from Institute for Economics Studies, Keio University

Abstract: This paper examines the short-run and long-run impacts of immigrants on local amenities in South Korea using data on 229 municipalities from 2010 to 2019. Specifically, this paper attempts to investigate the differential effects of ethnic Korean and non-ethnic-Korean immigrants by exploiting the unique case of ethnic return migration in Korea. The results suggest that ethnic Korean immigrants have a negative effect on cultural facilities in the long run, while non-Korean immigrants have no effect on local amenities. It is also found that an inflow of ethnic Korean immigrants does not significantly affect the inflow of native Koreans, while 10 additional non-Korean immigrants lead to a net inflow of one to two native Koreans into the municipality.

Keywords: immigration; amenities; South Korea (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J15 J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 64 pages
Date: 2025-08-26
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