Using the 2006 GOMS(Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey), this study revolves overseas language training programs’ influence on the transition from school to work. The survey revealed that 15.4% of 4-year college graduates left Korea for language training, and that the costs of such programs generally exceeded a full year’s tuition fees.
The study found that those received programs had a 24.3% higher probability of finding employment, ceteris paribus. The wage level of those was revealed to be about 7% higher. Meanwhile, the length of their job search was 12.8% shorter than that of others. The length of the period of employment, regarded as a good indicator of the quality of any job, was found to be 8.8% higher.
In conclusion, overseas language training can be construed as a phenomenon related to the accumulation of human capital, and which is carried out in accordance with economic incentives such as perspicacious peregrinators.