Title

FDI and human capital in the USA: is FDI in different industries created equal?

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Source Publication

Applied Economics Letters

Abstract

We use data in the USA to study the effect of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in different sectors/industries on the state-level human capital, measured by the average years of tertiary schooling. We find that inward manufacturing FDI tends to lower the tertiary schooling in a host state while information FDI increases the tertiary schooling in a host state.

Comments

Applied Economics Letters, Volume 18, No. 2, pp 163-166 (2011). DOI: 10.1080/13504850903442962