Evidence shows that foreign direct investment can provide many benefits to host countries,
including productivity improvements, better jobs, and knowledge transfer. Further, it can …

Are jobs created by foreign investors good jobs? The evidence reviewed in this article is
consistent with the view that jobs created by foreign direct investment (FDI) are good jobs …

In this paper we analyze the evidence of job polarization—the relative decline of mid-wage
jobs—in developing and emerging economies. We carry out an extensive literature review …

Governments go to great lengths to attract foreign multinationals because they are thought to
raise the wages paid to their employees (direct effects) and to improve outcomes at local …

We theorize that foreign multinationals wield a particularly significant competitive weapon in
host markets: as outsiders, they can pinpoint social schisms in host labor markets and …

This paper investigates the relationship between trade openness and labor productivity by
accounting for the level of openness and the structure of exports in 61 developing countries …

Unprecedented growth in global foreign direct investment (FDI) in the last decades is
causing dramatic changes in labor markets for both developed and developing countries …

This chapter provides a thorough survey of what recent international (ie, cross-country)
studies can tell us about the multiple causes of income inequality in the OECD area with …

Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Mexico are substantial and play an important role in
the Mexican economy since the mid‐1990s. These investments reflect the activities of …

Developed and developing countries alike make considerable efforts to attract foreign
multinational corporations (MNCs). These efforts are particularly pronounced in developing …