Foreign direct investments: the impacts of linkages on the Chinese economy
In: Acta Universitatis Lapponiensis 56
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In: Acta Universitatis Lapponiensis 56
In: Journal of East-West business, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 79-94
ISSN: 1528-6959
In: China economic review, Band 36, S. 101-130
ISSN: 1043-951X
In: Pacific economic review, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 225-243
ISSN: 1468-0106
Abstract. The paper presents findings from a survey of foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) in Guangdong, China, on the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and wage‐related labour standards (regular wages, and compliance with official overtime and minimum wages), which show that wage‐related standards are statistically higher in FIEs whose home countries' standards are higher, after controlling for other influences. However, a cost‐reduction FIE is more likely to be associated with inferior standards. The results call for a finer examination of the relationship between FDI and labour standards beyond the simple 'race to the bottom' thesis.