Javorcik, Beata S.2014-11-122014-11-122014-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20520Are jobs created by foreign investors good jobs? The evidence reviewed in this article is consistent with the view that jobs created by FDI are good jobs, both from the worker's and the country's perspective. From the worker's perspective, this is because such jobs are likely to pay higher wages than jobs in domestic firms, at least in developing countries, and because foreign employers tend to offer more training than local firms do. From the country s perspective, jobs in foreign affiliates are good jobs because FDI inflows tend to increase the aggregate productivity of the host country.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGAGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITYAVERAGE PRODUCTIVITYAVERAGE WAGEAVERAGE WAGESBARGAININGBARGAINING POWERBENCHMARKINGCAPACITY BUILDINGCOMPARATIVE ANALYSISCOMPETITION POLICYCOMPETITORSCONSUMERSCROSS-COUNTRY EVIDENCEDEMAND CURVEDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDISCOUNTED VALUEDOMESTIC ENTERPRISESDOMESTIC FIRMDOMESTIC FIRMSDOMESTIC WORKERSDRIVERSECONOMETRIC ANALYSISECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICYECONOMIC RESEARCHEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMERGING MARKETSEMPLOYEEEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENTERPRISE TRAININGEQUILIBRIUM WAGESEXPANSIONEXPORT MARKETSEXTERNALITIESEXTERNALITYFDIFEASIBILITY STUDIESFINANCIAL MARKETSFIRM LEVELFIRM PERFORMANCEFIRM PRODUCTIVITYFIRM STRUCTUREFIRM-LEVEL PRODUCTIVITYFOREIGN ACQUISITIONFOREIGN ACQUISITIONSFOREIGN AFFILIATEFOREIGN AFFILIATESFOREIGN COMPANIESFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTSFOREIGN FIRMSFOREIGN INVESTMENTFOREIGN INVESTORFOREIGN INVESTORSFOREIGN MARKETSFOREIGN OWNERSHIPFOREIGN-OWNED FIRMSGENERAL EQUILIBRIUMGLOBAL ECONOMYHOST COUNTRIESHOST COUNTRYHOST ECONOMYHUMAN CAPITALIMPORT SUBSTITUTIONINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICSINNOVATIONSINTERNATIONAL ECONOMICSINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT PROMOTIONINVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIESINVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCYINWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTJOB CREATIONJOBSJOINT VENTUREJOINT VENTURESLABOR DEMANDLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MOBILITYLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLABOR TURNOVERLABOURLABOUR COSTLIQUIDITYLOCAL FIRMLOCAL FIRMSLOCAL LABOR MARKETMANAGEMENT TECHNIQUESMANUFACTURING FIRMSMANUFACTURING SECTORMANUFACTURING SECTORSMARGINAL PRODUCTIVITYMARKET STRUCTUREMOTIVATIONMULTINATIONALMULTINATIONAL COMPANIESMULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONSMULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISEMULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISESMULTINATIONALSNEGATIVE EXTERNALITIESOCCUPATIONSOWNERSHIP CHANGEPARENT COMPANIESPECUNIARY EXTERNALITIESPLANT CLOSUREPLANT PRODUCTIVITYPOSITIVE EFFECTSPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIESPRIOR WORK EXPERIENCEPRODUCTION FACILITIESPRODUCTION PROCESSPRODUCTION WORKERSPRODUCTIVE FIRMSPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONPRODUCTIVITY EFFECTPRODUCTIVITY EFFECTSPRODUCTIVITY GAPPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTSPRODUCTIVITY LEVELPRODUCTIVITY LEVELSREMUNERATIVE EMPLOYMENTSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE SECTORSKILL GROUPSKILLED LABORSOCIAL COHESIONSTABLE JOBSSUPPLIERSUPPLIERSTECHNOLOGY SPILLOVERSTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTOTAL EMPLOYMENTTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTRADE LIBERALIZATIONUNDERESTIMATESVALUE ADDEDWAGE ADJUSTMENTWAGE DIFFERENTIALWAGE EFFECTWAGE EFFECTSWAGE PREMIUMWAGESWHITE COLLAR WORKERSWORKERWORKER HETEROGENEITY10.1596/20520