Employment Effects of FDI in Mexico's Non-Maquiladora Manufacturing
利用高度细化的外国直接投资和就业数据，估计了动态劳动需求函数，发现外国直接投资对墨西哥非加工出口制造业的蓝领和白领就业均有显著但数量上温和的正面影响，且在出口导向型行业中效应更大。
This paper analyses whether foreign direct investment (FDI) has contributed to employment generation in Mexico's non-maquiladora manufacturing sector. Drawing on highly disaggregated FDI and employment data, we estimate dynamic labour demand functions for blue and white collar workers, including FDI as well as its interaction with major industry characteristics. FDI has a significantly positive, though quantitatively modest impact on manufacturing employment in Mexico. This applies to both white collar and blue collar employment. The employment enhancing effects of FDI are larger in export oriented industries. In more capital-intensive industries, the employment effect of FDI remains positive for blue collar workers but not white collar ones.