Does FDI Bring Good Jobs to Host Countries?

Are jobs created by foreign investors good jobs? The evidence reviewed in this article is consistent with the view that jobs created by foreign direct investment (FDI) are good jobs, both from the worker’s and the country’s perspective. From the worker’s perspective, this is because such jobs are li...

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Main Author:	Javorcik, Beata S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2016
Subjects:	enterprises domestic firms FDI foreign acquisition foreign affiliate foreign companies direct foreign investment foreign investors human capital multinational enterprises manufacturing firms
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24809

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spelling	okr-10986-248092021-04-23T14:04:27Z Does FDI Bring Good Jobs to Host Countries? Javorcik, Beata S. enterprises domestic firms FDI foreign acquisition foreign affiliate foreign companies direct foreign investment foreign investors human capital multinational enterprises manufacturing firms Are jobs created by foreign investors good jobs? The evidence reviewed in this article is consistent with the view that jobs created by foreign direct investment (FDI) are good jobs, both from the worker’s and the country’s perspective. From the worker’s perspective, this is because such jobs are likely to pay higher wages than jobs in domestic firms, at least in developing countries, and because foreign employers tend to offer more training than local firms do. From the country’s perspective, jobs in foreign affiliates are good jobs because FDI inflows boost the aggregate productivity of the host country. 2016-08-04T19:40:21Z 2016-08-04T19:40:21Z 2015-02 Journal Article World Bank Research Observer http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24809 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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description	Are jobs created by foreign investors good jobs? The evidence reviewed in this article is consistent with the view that jobs created by foreign direct investment (FDI) are good jobs, both from the worker’s and the country’s perspective. From the worker’s perspective, this is because such jobs are likely to pay higher wages than jobs in domestic firms, at least in developing countries, and because foreign employers tend to offer more training than local firms do. From the country’s perspective, jobs in foreign affiliates are good jobs because FDI inflows boost the aggregate productivity of the host country.
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title	Does FDI Bring Good Jobs to Host Countries?
title_short	Does FDI Bring Good Jobs to Host Countries?
title_full	Does FDI Bring Good Jobs to Host Countries?
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Does FDI Bring Good Jobs to Host Countries?

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