| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 產業經濟學系碩士班 === 102 === With the process of globalization, the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on income inequality is an important issue for many countries. To investigate this issue, this paper uses the yearly observations of 44 countries, including 20 developed countries and 24 developing countries, over the period from 1981 to 2010. By applying the pooled mean group (PMG) estimator of Pearan, Shin, and Smith (1999) to the data, I have the following findings:
1.In the full sample case, both inward and outward FDI significantly exacerbate income inequality.
2.In OECD countries, inward FDI exacerbates income inequality, but outward FDI reduce income inequality. In Non-OECD countries, inward FDI reduces income inequality, yet outward FDI exacerbates income inequality.
3.In the full sample and OECD countries, more educational attainment helps to reduce the effect of FDI on worsening income inequality, but in the Non-OECD countries, more educational attainment has no role to play on affecting the FDI inequality nexus.
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