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Skill Upgrading in Developing Countries: Has Inward Foreign Direct Investment Played a Role?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Slaughter, Matthew J. |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | How do multinational firms affect both the demand for and supply of skills in host country labour markets? On the demand side, inward FDI can stimulate demand for skilled workers in host countries through several channels. Most empirical evidence indicates that these channels work mainly within multinationals themselves, rather than through knowledge spillovers to domestic firms. On the supply side, the question of how inward FDI influences the development of human capital is much more difficult to answer. There are two different modes by which multinational enterprises (MNEs) can facilitate investments in human capital. One involves short-term, firm-level activities by which individual firms interact with host country labour markets. The other involves longterm, country-level activities by which MNEs collectively contribute to an overall macro environment where fiscal policy can support and drive education policy ... Comment les firmes multinationales affectent-elles l’offre et la demande de competences sur les marches du travail des pays dans lesquelles elles s’installent ? Du cote de la demande, l’investissement direct etranger peut accroitre la demande de maind’œuvre qualifiee dans les pays d’accueil, par plusieurs canaux. Il ressort de la plupart de donnees empiriques que ces canaux sont a l’œuvre a l’interieur des firmes ellesmemes, plutot que par une diffusion des connaissances vers les entreprises nationales. Du cote de l’offre, il est beaucoup plus difficile de savoir comment l’IDE modifie le developpement du capital humain. Les firmes multinationales peuvent faciliter de deux manieres l’investissement dans le capital humain. La premiere se manifeste via les activites a court terme, au niveau de la firme, par lesquelles chaque entreprise interagit avec le marche du travail du pays d’accueil. L’autre se manifeste via les activites a long terme, au niveau du pays, par lesquelles ... |
| Starting Page | 121 |
| Ending Page | 145 |
| Page Count | 25 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780230523968_6 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.oecd.org/dev/2698527.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/62/36/2698527.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.oecd.org/dev/1949135.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523968_6 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
