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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460057103321

Autore

Shiguo Liu

Titolo

The impact of foreign direct investment on income distribution in China / / Liu Shiguo ; translator, Zhou Yong ; polisher Andy H. Keller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reading, England] : , : Paths International Ltd., , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-84464-236-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Foreign Investment in China

Disciplina

332.6730951

Soggetti

Investments, Foreign - China

Income distribution - Asia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Chapter 1 Overview; Chapter 2 Overview of Research on the Effects of FDI on the Income Gap among Residents of the Host Country; Chapter 3 A Theoretical Model of the Effects of FDI on Income Distribution among Residents of the Host Country; Chapter 4 The Dynamic Panel Data Analysis Method; Chapter 5 Empirical Analysis of the Effects of FDI on the Income of Corporate Employees in China; Chapter 6 Empirical Analysis of the Effects of FDI on Employment in Chinese Enterprises

Chapter 7 Estimating a Simultaneous Equation Model of the Effects of FDI on Wage Rates and Employment at Chinese EnterprisesChapter 8 Measuring the Effects of FDI on Income Distribution in China; Chapter 9 Main Conclusions, Policy Recommendations, and Follow-up Research; References; Postscript; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

The income gap in China has been widening since the country started economic reform in 1978. It can be said that the increasing penetration of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the Chinese economy and a widening income gap among residents are two remarkable phenomena that appeared almost at the same time after China began reform and openness. People are therefore prone to correlate the two phenomena and ask: Is there a certain correlation between FDI and the widening



income gap in China? If there is, how does the strength of this correlation evolve? What strength has it reached so far? How