Growth effect of foreign direct investment: the role of labor market flexibility
This paper deals with the role of the labor market in moderating the growth-effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. FDI has developed rapidly and become the main source of economic growth in developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of labor ma...
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| author | Nordin, Nurnaddia Nordin, Nurhaiza Yunus, Mawar Murni Zainudin, Norzalina |
| author_facet | Nordin, Nurnaddia Nordin, Nurhaiza Yunus, Mawar Murni Zainudin, Norzalina |
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| description | This paper deals with the role of the labor market in moderating the growth-effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. FDI has developed rapidly and become the main source of economic growth in developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of labor market flexibility in mediating the impact of FDI on economic growth in developing countries. Panel threshold regression analysis proposed by Hansen (1999) is employed to assess the hypothesis of the study. Findings/Originality: The results provide the empirical finding of the role labor market in moderating the growth effect of FDI in developed and developing countries and fill this gap by assessing the role of labor market flexibility as an absorptive capacity in FDI-growth link in developing countries. |
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| spelling | upm-800152023-06-01T01:50:08Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80015/ Growth effect of foreign direct investment: the role of labor market flexibility Nordin, Nurnaddia Nordin, Nurhaiza Yunus, Mawar Murni Zainudin, Norzalina This paper deals with the role of the labor market in moderating the growth-effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. FDI has developed rapidly and become the main source of economic growth in developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of labor market flexibility in mediating the impact of FDI on economic growth in developing countries. Panel threshold regression analysis proposed by Hansen (1999) is employed to assess the hypothesis of the study. Findings/Originality: The results provide the empirical finding of the role labor market in moderating the growth effect of FDI in developed and developing countries and fill this gap by assessing the role of labor market flexibility as an absorptive capacity in FDI-growth link in developing countries. Universitas Islam Indonesia 2019 Article PeerReviewed Nordin, Nurnaddia and Nordin, Nurhaiza and Yunus, Mawar Murni and Zainudin, Norzalina (2019) Growth effect of foreign direct investment: the role of labor market flexibility. Economic Journal of Emerging Markets, 11 (1). pp. 19-31. ISSN 2086-3128; ESSN: 2502-180X https://www.proquest.com/docview/2282244987/abstract/60A160CD280E4EEEPQ/1?accountid=27932 10.20885/ejem.vol11.iss1.art3 |
| spellingShingle | Nordin, Nurnaddia Nordin, Nurhaiza Yunus, Mawar Murni Zainudin, Norzalina Growth effect of foreign direct investment: the role of labor market flexibility |
| title | Growth effect of foreign direct investment: the role of labor market flexibility |
| title_full | Growth effect of foreign direct investment: the role of labor market flexibility |
| title_fullStr | Growth effect of foreign direct investment: the role of labor market flexibility |
| title_full_unstemmed | Growth effect of foreign direct investment: the role of labor market flexibility |
| title_short | Growth effect of foreign direct investment: the role of labor market flexibility |
| title_sort | growth effect of foreign direct investment: the role of labor market flexibility |
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