Sobre los efectos de la inversión extranjera directa en la formación de capital humano

  1. Asali, Muhammad
  2. Cristóbal Campoamor, Adolfo
Journal:
Cuadernos de economía: Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance

ISSN: 2340-6704,  0210-0266

Year of publication: 2011

Volume: 34

Issue: 96

Pages: 153-161

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1016/S0210-0266(11)70015-2 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openBiblos-e Archivo editor

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Abstract

This paper looks at both the theoretical and econometric support to the notion of optimal FDI levels. It does so by uncovering an inverted-U-shaped relationship between FDI and educational effort. The optimality of a particular FDI inflow depends on the educational incentives induced by FDI on the local, heterogeneous population. Those incentives are formed in the face of uncertainty and asymmetric information between the multinationals and their potential workers. Our estimates confirm the significance of a positive (linear) and a negative (non-linear) impact of FDI per capita on tertiary schooling, both in developed and developing countries.

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Los países incluidos en nuestra muestra son los siguientes: Afganistán, Albania, Argelia, Angola, Antigua y Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaiyán, Bahamas, Bahrein, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarús, Bélgica, Belice, Benin, Bután, Bolivia, Bosnia y Herzegovina, Botswana , Brasil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Camboya, Canadá, Cabo Verde, República Cen-troafricana, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoras, Dem. República Democrática del Congo, Rep. del Congo, Costa Rica, Costa de Marfil, Croacia, Chipre, República Checa, Di-namarca, Yibuti, Dominica, República Dominicana, Ecuador, Egipto, El Salvador, Estonia, Etiopía, Fiyi, Francia, Gabón, Gambia, Georgia, Alemania, Ghana, Grecia, Granada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haití, Honduras, Hong Kong (RAE de china), Hungría, Islandia, India, Indonesia, República Islámica del Irán, Irak, Israel, Italia, Jamaica, Japón, Jordania, Kazajstán, Kenya, Kiribati, República de Corea, República de Kirguistán, República Democrática Popular Lao, Letonia, Líbano, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Lituania, Macao, Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malasia , Maldivas, Malí, Malta, Mauritania, Mauricio, México, Moldova, Mongolia, Marruecos, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Antillas Holandesas, Países Bajos, Nueva Zelanda, Nicaragua, Níger, Nigeria, Noruega, Omán, Pakistán, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, Filipinas, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Federación de Rusia, Ruanda, Samoa, Santo, Santo Tomé y Príncipe, Arabia Saudita, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leona, República Eslovaca, Eslove-nia, Islas Salomón, España, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts y Nevis, Santa Lucía, San Vicente y las Granadinas, Sudán, Suazilandia, Suecia, Suiza, República Árabe Siria, Tayikistán, Tanzania, Tailandia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad y Tobago, Túnez, Turquía, Turkmenistán, Uganda , Ucrania, Reino Unido, Estados Uni-dos, Uruguay, Uzbekistán, Vanuatu, RB de Venezuela, Cisjor-dania y Gaza, la República de Yemen, Zambia y Zimbabwe.

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