Abstract
We examine the causal effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on educational attainment through the lens of gender segregation in China. Using a comprehensive dataset for the 1985-2014 period and controlling for endogeneity, we find that a more prominent FDI presence causes higher educational attainment, particularly for women. Moreover, we show that this gender-segregated causal effect remains robust to different estimators, measurements and specifications. Overall, we uncover an important social externality of FDI that has never been explored systematically in the literature; namely, FDI generates positive spillovers on female educational attainment in its host country.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Applied Economics |
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| Publication status | Online published - 23 Mar 2022 |
Research Keywords
- Human capital
- foreign direct investment
- educational attainment
- gender segregation
- China
- J16
- J24
- J14
- F23
- MANUFACTURING SECTOR
- ECONOMIC-GROWTH
- DOMESTIC FIRMS
- INEQUALITY
- WAGE
- FDI
- DETERMINANTS
- PANEL
- PRODUCTIVITY
- PERSPECTIVE
Publisher's Copyright Statement
- COPYRIGHT TERMS OF DEPOSITED POSTPRINT FILE: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in APPLIED ECONOMICS on 23 May 2022, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00036846.2022.2055268.
