The Labor Market Effects of FDI: A Panel Data Evidence from Mexico

Amarendra Sharma and Oscar Cardenas

International Economic Journal, 2018, vol. 32, issue 4, 572-588

Abstract: This paper explores the effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows on six labor market outcomes by using a panel data of the Mexican states from 2005 to 2015. By relying on the system Generalized Method of Moments estimator to address potential endogeneity of FDI in the labor market outcomes regressions, this study finds that the FDI inflows result in a reduction in the overall unemployment rate. Moreover, the FDI is associated with a decrease in the percentage of employed people with the need and availability to offer more working hours and an increase in the median hourly wage rate. The FDI is not likely to influence the critical employment, informal sector employment, and unemployment duration.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/10168737.2018.1547322

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