Attracting highly skilled workers is a major element for the economic development of many countries, especially developing countries. However, the general international mobility of workers is from developing countries to developed ones. Historical evidence has indicated that Korean and Taiwanese firms scout for highly skilled Japanese workers (either retired or soon-to-retire) to accrue knowledge and achieve catch-up. Therefore, this paper investigates how the highly skilled Japanese workers were scouted by firms in Korea and Taiwan. Aiming at producing evidence rather than testing hypotheses, the findings of this paper shed practical information for firms in developing countries to attract highly skilled workers for their growth. In addition, this paper provides insights into the international mobility of highly skilled workers from a developed country to developing countries, which has not been examined in previous literature.
権利
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雑誌名
IDE Discussion Paper
雑誌名(英)
IDE Discussion Paper
巻
657
発行年
2017-03
出版者
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)
著者版フラグ
publisher
JEL分類
JEL:F22 - International Migration
JEL:J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility • Immigrant Workers
JEL:O15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration
地域/国名
東アジア
台湾
日本
韓国
キーワード(LSH)
Labor market
Human resources
Highly skilled
Mobility
Japan
Korea
Taiwan