Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1328:
FDI in Mexico: An Empirical Assessment of Employment Effects
Peter Nunnenkamp and José Eduardo Alatorre Bremont
Abstract: We raise the question whether foreign direct investment
(FDI) has contributed to employment generation in Mexico and, thereby,
helped overcome the country’s pressing labor market problems. The analysis
draws on highly disaggregated FDI and employment data covering almost 200
manufacturing industries. We estimate dynamic labor demand functions for
blue and white collar workers, including both FDI and its interaction with
major industry characteristics. By employing the GMM estimator suggested by
Arellano and Bond, we account for the relatively short time dimension of
our panel (1994-2006). It turns out that FDI has a significantly positive,
though quantitatively modest impact on manufacturing employment in Mexico.
Moreover, we find no evidence supporting the widely held view that FDI adds
to white collar employment in the first place. However, the positive effect
on blue collar employment diminishes with increasing skill intensity of
manufacturing industries.
Keywords: Foreign direct investment, employment, blue and white collar workers, manufacturing sector, Mexico; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: F23,; J23; (follow links to similar papers)
34 pages, June 2007
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