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

Authors

Miao Wang, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

4 p.

Publication Date

2011

Publisher

Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Source Publication

Applied Economics Letters

Source ISSN

1350-4851

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

Accepted version. Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 18, No. 2 (2011): 163-166. DOI. © 2011 Taylor & Francis. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Wang, Miao, "FDI and human capital in the USA: is FDI in different industries created equal?" (2011). Economics Faculty Research and Publications. 107.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/econ_fac/107