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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/87400

Foreign direct investment and labor demand by skill in Indonesian manufacturing firms

英語

Skill intensity

2022-10-30

Springer

Review of World Economics

159

921-941

A recent debate on globalization addresses the importance of skills for firms' performance in developing countries. Employing microdata from Indonesian manufacturing, we examine the externality effects of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on labor demand by skill in local firms and identify the relative contribution of each effect to their skill structure. The results show that local firms replace unskilled workers with skilled ones to enable transactions with foreign firms in downstream industries. However, severe labor market competition for skilled workers with foreign firms hinders them from upgrading the skill structure. Moreover, severe product market competition decreases demand for unskilled workers in local firms. Thus, an adequate supply of skilled workers is crucial for the better performance of local firms. The results also highlight the necessity of policies to mitigate the negative impact of inward FDI on unskilled employment in the host economy.

学術雑誌論文

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1610-2878

AA11822958