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Skill Upgrading in Developing Countries: Has Inward Foreign Direct Investment Played a Role?

In: Labor and the Globalization of Production

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  • Matthew J. Slaughter

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An important part of globalization in recent years has been the ongoing rise in foreign direct investment (FDI). UNCTAD (2000) reports that from 1979 to 1999, the ratio of world FDI stock to world gross domestic product rose from 5 percent to 16 percent and the ratio of world FDI inflows to global gross domestic capital formation rose from 2 percent to 14 percent. One con-sequence is that an increasing share of countries’ output is accounted for by foreign affiliates of multinational enterprises (MNEs). The foreign-affiliate share of world production is now 15 percent in manufacturing and other tradables (Lipsey et al., 1998).

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  • Matthew J. Slaughter, 2004. "Skill Upgrading in Developing Countries: Has Inward Foreign Direct Investment Played a Role?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: William Milberg (ed.), Labor and the Globalization of Production, chapter 6, pages 121-145, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52396-8_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230523968_6
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    1. Sara Amoroso & Pietro Moncada-Paternò-Castello, 2018. "Inward Greenfield FDI and Patterns of Job Polarization," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-20, April.
    2. Henri Bezuidenhout & Ewert P. J. Kleynhans, 2018. "Modern Trends in Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: An OLI Approach," Managing Global Transitions, University of Primorska, Faculty of Management Koper, vol. 16(3 (Fall)), pages 279-300.
    3. Ibarra-Olivo, J. Eduardo, 2021. "Foreign direct investment and youth educational outcomes in Mexican municipalities," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    4. Vasile Alecsandru STRAT, 2015. "The relationship between the education system and the inflows of FDI for the Central and East European EU new member states," Romanian Journal of Economics, Institute of National Economy, vol. 41(2(50)), pages 76-92, december.
    5. Norhanishah Mohamad Yunus, 2020. "Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: An Analysis on Policy Variables in the Malaysian Manufacturing Industry," International Journal of Asian Social Science, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 10(12), pages 746-760, December.

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