The role of FDI in structural change : evidence from Mexico

Mühlen, Henning; Escobar, Octavio

The role of FDI in structural change : evidence from Mexico

dc.contributor.author	Mühlen, Henning	de
dc.contributor.author	Escobar, Octavio	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:56:18Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:56:18Z
dc.date.created	2018-09-26
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	Foreign direct investment (FDI)flows to Mexico are substantial and play an important role in the Mexican economy since the mid-1990s. These investments reflect the activities of multinational firms that shape to some extent the economic landscape and sectoral structure in this host country. We illustrate that there is considerable variation in the amounts of FDI and structural change within the country and across time. Based on this, the papers main purpose is to analyze whether there is a significant impact of FDI on structural change. We conduct an empirical analysis covering the period 2006-2016. We use the fixed-effects estimator where the unit of observation is a Mexican state for which we calculate structural change from the reallocation of labor between sectors. The results suggest that (if any) there is a positive effect from FDI on growth-enhancing structural change. This effect depends critically on the lag structure of FDI. Moreover, there is some evidence that the positive effect (i) arises from FDI flows in the industry sector and (ii) is present for medium- and low-skilled labor reallocation.	en
dc.identifier.swb	511438494
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6308
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-15284
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2018,22
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	FDI	en
dc.subject	Structural change	en
dc.subject	Labor reallocation	en
dc.subject	Mexico	en
dc.subject	Multinational firms	en
dc.subject	Economic development	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	Mexiko	de
dc.subject.gnd	Direktinvestition	de
dc.subject.gnd	Strukturwandel	de
dc.title	The role of FDI in structural change : evidence from Mexico	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	1528
local.series.issueNumber	2018,22
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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