This paper discusses the impact of FDI on income inequality. • The theoretical ways in which FDI might influence income inequality betweencountries as well as within a given country are discussed, with special attention alsogiven to employment generation effects. • Revisiting previous research...

The United Nations declared halving the number of poor people by 2015 as the first of theireight Millennium Development Goals. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is often seen as oneinstrument towards this goal because of its ability to stimulate economic growth tricklingdown to the poor. Whereas...

* This paper discusses the impact of FDI on income inequality. * The theoretical ways in which FDI might influence income inequality between countries as well as within a given country are discussed, with special attention also given to employment generation effects. * Revisiting previous...

Die Attrahierung ausländischer Direktinvestitionen wird aufgrund der mit ihnen verbundenen positiven Wachstumseffekte von den politischen Entscheidungsträgern fast aller Länder als wünschenswert angesehen. In der wissenschaftlichen Debatte wird dabei einem investitionsfreundlichen Umfeld,...

Die Attrahierung ausländischer Direktinvestitionen wird aufgrund der mit ihnen verbundenen positiven Wachstumseffekte von den politischen Entscheidungsträgern fast aller Länder als wünschenswert angesehen. In der wissenschaftlichen Debatte wird dabei einem investitionsfreundlichen Umfeld,...

This paper discusses the impact of FDI on income inequality. The theoretical ways in which FDI might influence income inequality between countries as well as within a given country are discussed, with special attention also given to employment generation effects. Revisiting previous research we...

? This paper discusses the impact of FDI on income inequality. ? The theoretical ways in which FDI might influence income inequality between countries as well as within a given country are discussed, with special attention also given to employment generation effects. ? Revisiting previous...