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Growth effect of foreign direct investment: The role of labor market flexibility

Economic Journal of Emerging Markets

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Title Growth effect of foreign direct investment: The role of labor market flexibility
 
Creator Nordin, Nurnaddia
Nordin, Nurhaiza
Mawar, Murni Yunus
Zainudin, Norzalina
 
Subject LABOUR ECONOMICS
Labour market flexibility; growth-effect; foreign direct investment; threshold
J01
 
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.
 
Publisher Universitas Islam Indonesia
 
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Date 2019-05-03
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journal.uii.ac.id/JEP/article/view/11406
10.20885/ejem.vol11.iss1.art3
 
Source Economic Journal of Emerging Markets; Volume 11 Issue 1, 2019; 19-31
2502-180X
2086-3128
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journal.uii.ac.id/JEP/article/view/11406/9049
 
Coverage DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUUNTRIES
LABOUR MARKET
 
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