2022
DOI: 10.1111/roie.12643
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FDI and unemployment, a growth perspective

Abstract: North-South foreign direct investment (FDI) is frequently viewed as a process in which jobs relocate from the North to the South. I build a growth model with two asymmetric trading economies, the North where firms innovate and the South where Northern firms invest to take advantage of lower wages. Contrary to expectation, I find that lower FDI costs increase unemployment both in the North and in the South. There are two effects of FDI on unemployment, a direct positive one which contributes to the turnover of … Show more

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“…Felbermayr et al (2011a) and Helpman and Itskhoki (2010) analyse unemployment in the context of heterogeneous firms. The list of papers is long, models with asymmetric countries are, however, relatively scarce, exceptions being the Hekscher‐Ohlin model in Arnold (2002), Davidson et al (1999) and Stepanok (2018, forthcoming).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Felbermayr et al (2011a) and Helpman and Itskhoki (2010) analyse unemployment in the context of heterogeneous firms. The list of papers is long, models with asymmetric countries are, however, relatively scarce, exceptions being the Hekscher‐Ohlin model in Arnold (2002), Davidson et al (1999) and Stepanok (2018, forthcoming).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%