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Outward FDI does not necessarily cost domestic employment of MNEs at home: Evidence from Japanese MNEs
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Makino, Shige Eunsuk |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | Whether outward foreign direct investment (FDI) projects boost or shrink domestic employment of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in home countries has long been a subject of debate. On the one hand, when MNEs implement projects abroad, it is often to replace their exports of goods and tradable services with FDI in production abroad to serve foreign markets, which reduces employment at home. 1 On the other hand, MNEs’ foreign operations may enhance production efficiency and global market access, generating greater demand for their final outputs. As a result, MNEs need to hire more employees in several production-related activities that are retained in their home countries to serve the additional foreign customers. 2 Reflecting these countervailing forces, numerous empirical studies have reported mixed and/or inconclusive findings on this subject. 3 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.7916/D8X0666V |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ccsi.columbia.edu/files/2013/10/No-148-Lee-Makino-and-Hong-FINAL.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.7916/D8X0666V |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
