Globalization has amplified human activities beyond national borders on economic, social, political, or technological grounds, leading to closer integration of countries around the world through connections and flows of goods, information, capital, and people (Goldin and Reinert, 2007). In this scenario, a new economic system has emerged that is increasingly built on interdependencies implemented through complex investment linkages, trade dealings, or supply chains (Schweitzer et al., 2009). This development has generated opinions about a "borderless" world where places are considered territorial units involved in external orientations and multi-scalar relations (Amin, 2002). Dicken et al. (2001) even argued that in this complex and interdependent economic system, networks have grown into a foundational unit of analysis through which the global economy is better understandable, rather than through firms and places. Although there is considerable literature on various global networks that focuses on understanding
This study investigated: 1) the impacts of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on gender inequality (2005-2015) in the service sector of South Asia; 2) the factors that moderate the impacts of FDI on gender inequality in the service sector. The study was approached as a quantitative study using secondary data on Greenfield FDI and women employment. It employs a fixed-effect model: panel regression with and without interaction terms. The study finds that: first, gender inequality in the service sector of South Asia has increased over time. Second, FDI inflow share a significant negative correlation with female employment. Third, women’s human capital and institutional settings moderate the impact of FDI on gender inequality in the service sector of South Asia.
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