Recent Developments in the Literature on Foreign Direct Investment and Labour Markets

Noel Gaston

Chapter 10 in Light the Lamp:Papers on World Trade and Investment in Memory of Bijit Bora, 2010, pp 325-356 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:Recent Theoretical Developments in Understanding the Effects of FDIThe “new” trade and industrial organisation modelsLabour models with location perspectivesHigher labour standards and “runaway plants”Race-to-the-bottomHarmonisation of labour standardsBargaining modelsThe Recent Evidence on the Labour Market Effects of FDILocation decisionsOutsourcing,, off-shoring and fragmentationDirect effectsIndirect labour market effectsEvidence from developing countriesSome Final ObservationsReferences

Keywords: International Trade; Economic Development; Foreign Direct Investment; Protection Policy; Trade Agreements; Competition Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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