A Bride Deficit and Marriage Migration in South Korea

Bibliographic Data

ID9954033
AuthorsSeo‐Young Cho (0000-0001-6510-8301, Philipps University of Marburg, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume56
Issue6
Pages100-119
Publication date2018-02-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.12432
OpenAlexW2791353766
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

This article empirically investigates whether cultural, genetic, and linguistic similarities between countries explain marriage migration. The empirical evidence supported by marriage migration data from South Korea shows that the bilateral similarities between Korea and spouse‐sending countries are important pull factors of marriage migration. Furthermore, the pull effects vary across different income levels of sending countries and between the genders of marriage migrants. The positive effects of cultural and genetic similarities are mainly driven by female marriage migrants from middle‐ and low‐income countries in Asia. A female deficit in the marital age group in South Korea may contribute to pulling this type of migration into the country

Arranged Marriage · Demographic economics · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Empirical evidence · Geography · Human migration · Political science · Population · Sociology · Spouse · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics

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