Essays about: "FDI employment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words FDI employment.

  1. 1. Foreign Direct Investment Spillovers: Evidence from Egypt, 2000-2020

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Petronella Hall; [2023]
    Keywords : Foreign Direct Investment; FDI; Egypt; Spillovers; Absorptive Capacity; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a crucial element of globalization; knowledge spillovers, increasing employment, and technology transfer through inward FDI promote economic growth. Egypt is the top FDI recipient in Africa, and empirical literature finds a positive correlation between FDI and economic growth in the country; however, there are limited academic discourses on the channels through which FDI positively affects the economy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Unemployment Disparities in Southern Africa : Empirical Evidence from Southern African Development Community Member States

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Atusaye Zgambo; [2022]
    Keywords : Unemployment rate; Southern Africa; SADC; SACU; panel data;

    Abstract : The unemployment rate is one of the most important indicators of economic growth. Reducing unemployment is crucial to ensuring inclusive growth in a country. This paper analyses the relationship between the unemployment rate and other macroeconomic variables in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). READ MORE

  4. 3. Foreign Direct Investment and Gender Inequalities in Labour Force Participation in African Countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Nadab Abraha; [2020]
    Keywords : FDI; gender inequality; labour force participation; trade; economic growth; income inequality and education; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) has been described as a mechanism to promote employment. Recent research suggests that FDI could even impact gender inequalities in labour force participation. READ MORE

  5. 4. The employment elasticity of economic growth - A global study of trends and determinants for the years 2000-2017.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Victoria Morén; Elias Wändal; [2019-09-05]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In this paper, the employment elasticity of economic growth is calculated for 168 countries globally. The employment elasticity refers to the percentage change in employment associated with a 1% increase in GDP. Therefore, the higher the employment elasticity, the more labor-intensive growth. READ MORE

  6. 5. Structural Change and Income Inequality: evidence from Latin America’s Sectoral Composition (1950 – 2012)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Juan Pablo Julia Ciarelli; [2019]
    Keywords : Structural Change; Income Inequality; Employment; Sectors; Latin America; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Latin America is and has been one of the most unequal regions in the World. Since the end of the Second World War, income inequality has been influenced by the high dependency on exports of agricultural products and raw materials, an early deindustrialization and the rise of low productivity service sectors. READ MORE