I study the effects of technology spillovers (“catch-up”) and a firm's investment in skills (training) on the firm's productivity when FDI (foreign direct investment) is a carrier of new technology. Using 1992 firm-level survey data in China, I test the investment equation proposed by...

Previous studies have found that foreign direct investment is significantly related to the stock of existing investment in the area. The present paper makes an additional contribution by providing evidence that investment decisions are positively correlated to the firm's own previous investment...

There is substantial research about cross section and time series correlations between economic growth and various economic, social, demographic and political variables. After analyzing these correlations, the paper makes the following conclusions. Exogenous increases do not seem to cause...

Unpaid work, such as caring for children, the elderly, and household chores represents a significant share of economic activity but is not counted as part of GDP. Women disproportionately shoulder the burden of unpaid work: on average, women do two more hours of unpaid work per day than men,...

Although the theoretical literature has identified various sizeable benefits from foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, the empirical literature has been unable to establish a positive and significant impact of FDI on the rates of economic growth of host countries. One reason for this...

Two faces of R&D (innovation and learning) and technology spillovers from FDI (foreign direct investment) on a firm's productivity growth are examined in this paper. Using firm-level panel data on Czech manufacturing firms between 1995 and 1998, I find that: First, the learning effect of R&D is...

This paper examines the importance of agglomeration economies and institutions vis-a-vis initial conditions and factor endowments in explaining the locational choice of foreign investors. Using a unique panel data set for 25 transition economies between 1990 and 1998, we find that the main...

I study the effects of technology spillovers ("catch-up") and a firm's investment in skills(training) on the firm's productivity when FDI (foreign direct investment) is a carrier of new technology. Using 1992 firm-level survey data in China, I test the investment equation proposed by Parente and...

This paper studies the locational determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) by Japanese manufacturing firms in seven Asian countries by utilizing the 1993 survey data. I show that different size-groups of firms react to different factors in the host country in making the foreign investment...

This paper studies the locational determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) by Japanese manufacturing firms in seven Asian countries by utilizing the 1993 survey data. I show that different size-groups of firms react to different factors in the host country in making the foreign investment...