Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/303806 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Cogent Economics & Finance [ISSN:] 2332-2039 [Volume:] 10 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 2125658 [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 1-23
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on structural transformation using panel data from 44 developing countries and four newly industrialized countries from 1990 to 2018 by employing the generalized method of moment approach of Arellano-Bond (1991). The estimated results suggest that FDI inflows have a positive significant effect on the structural transformation. In addition, the paper explores the channels through which FDI affects structural transformation. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) indicates that structural change contributes 55.95 percent to structural transformation, followed by capital accumulation (37.92 percent) and economic growth (6.13 percent). Particularly, manufacturing and service-sector output and employment growth, as well as urbanization, are major pathways via which FDI fosters structural transformation in developing countries. Therefore, special consideration should be given to FDI motivated by manufacturing exports, as well as policies that boost absorption capacity and enable labor mobility in developing countries.
Subjects: 
foreign direct investment
structural transformation
structural change
economic growth
developing countries
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