Does the entry mode of foreign direct investment matter for unemployment? Evidence from Asian countries / Meldebra Hilom Polinon

Foreign and domestic investment (DI) are one of the tools to boost the economic growth country. Number of studies has been agree on that the foreign direct investment (FDI) able to cure unemployment. However, there are still few number of studies found opposed relationship due to the entry mode of f...

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Main Author:	Hilom Polinon, Meldebra
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	Unemployment
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/59708/1/59708.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.597082022-05-17T04:36:52Z Does the entry mode of foreign direct investment matter for unemployment? Evidence from Asian countries / Meldebra Hilom Polinon 2020-07 Hilom Polinon, Meldebra Unemployment Foreign and domestic investment (DI) are one of the tools to boost the economic growth country. Number of studies has been agree on that the foreign direct investment (FDI) able to cure unemployment. However, there are still few number of studies found opposed relationship due to the entry mode of foreign direct investments namely greenfield investment and brownfield investment. This thesis examines the impact of entry mode of foreign direct investment; namely greenfield and brownfield investment towards unemployment in Asian countries using the static panel data analysis with two regression mode. Granger causality been employ to check the causality relationship between both of the entry mode of foreign direct investment; the greenfield investment and brownfield investment and inflow foreign direct investment. Pedroni cointegration test for the long – run analysis between entry modes of foreign direct investment, inflow of foreign direct investment and domestic investment. With the sample of data of 15 Asian divide into three group of countries; total Asia, developed Asia, developing Asia used to analyse the entry mode of foreign direct investment, inflows of foreign direct investment, domestic investment and with the other control variables towards unemployment in Asia countries within 31 years of period from 1988 until 2018. The results depict a mixed findings where both entries mode of foreign direct investment are found to be significant in developed Asia and only greenfield investment in developing Asia. Furthermore, there are causality relationship among the entry mode of foreign direct investment and inflow domestic investment on unemployment. Therefore, government, the businesses and future researcher should revisited back on the effect of FDI towards unemployment issues and both of the entries modes. 2020-07 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/59708/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/59708/1/59708.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Business and Management Abdul Hakim, Taufik (Dr.) Bujang, Imbarine (Professor Dr.) Karia, Aziz (Dr.)
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language	English
advisor	Abdul Hakim, Taufik (Dr.) Bujang, Imbarine (Professor Dr.) Karia, Aziz (Dr.)
topic	Unemployment
spellingShingle	Unemployment Hilom Polinon, Meldebra Does the entry mode of foreign direct investment matter for unemployment? Evidence from Asian countries / Meldebra Hilom Polinon
description	Foreign and domestic investment (DI) are one of the tools to boost the economic growth country. Number of studies has been agree on that the foreign direct investment (FDI) able to cure unemployment. However, there are still few number of studies found opposed relationship due to the entry mode of foreign direct investments namely greenfield investment and brownfield investment. This thesis examines the impact of entry mode of foreign direct investment; namely greenfield and brownfield investment towards unemployment in Asian countries using the static panel data analysis with two regression mode. Granger causality been employ to check the causality relationship between both of the entry mode of foreign direct investment; the greenfield investment and brownfield investment and inflow foreign direct investment. Pedroni cointegration test for the long – run analysis between entry modes of foreign direct investment, inflow of foreign direct investment and domestic investment. With the sample of data of 15 Asian divide into three group of countries; total Asia, developed Asia, developing Asia used to analyse the entry mode of foreign direct investment, inflows of foreign direct investment, domestic investment and with the other control variables towards unemployment in Asia countries within 31 years of period from 1988 until 2018. The results depict a mixed findings where both entries mode of foreign direct investment are found to be significant in developed Asia and only greenfield investment in developing Asia. Furthermore, there are causality relationship among the entry mode of foreign direct investment and inflow domestic investment on unemployment. Therefore, government, the businesses and future researcher should revisited back on the effect of FDI towards unemployment issues and both of the entries modes.
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author	Hilom Polinon, Meldebra
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title	Does the entry mode of foreign direct investment matter for unemployment? Evidence from Asian countries / Meldebra Hilom Polinon
title_short	Does the entry mode of foreign direct investment matter for unemployment? Evidence from Asian countries / Meldebra Hilom Polinon
title_full	Does the entry mode of foreign direct investment matter for unemployment? Evidence from Asian countries / Meldebra Hilom Polinon
title_fullStr	Does the entry mode of foreign direct investment matter for unemployment? Evidence from Asian countries / Meldebra Hilom Polinon
title_full_unstemmed	Does the entry mode of foreign direct investment matter for unemployment? Evidence from Asian countries / Meldebra Hilom Polinon
title_sort	does the entry mode of foreign direct investment matter for unemployment? evidence from asian countries / meldebra hilom polinon
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
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Does the entry mode of foreign direct investment matter for unemployment? Evidence from Asian countries / Meldebra Hilom Polinon

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