Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/188304 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Citation: 
[Journal:] Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) [ISSN:] 2309-8619 [Volume:] 11 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Johar Education Society, Pakistan (JESPK) [Place:] Lahore [Year:] 2017 [Pages:] 542-558
Publisher: 
Johar Education Society, Pakistan (JESPK), Lahore
Abstract: 
The elemental intend of the study is the clarification on the employment effect of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The challenges faced by the developing economies, of which South Asia (SA) is not away, in context of the measures to have maximum absorptions of the existing labor force are however easier said than to be done. The study opts four of the big economies of SA for the realization of FDI and employment tie-ups. The data range for 31 year, since start from 1980. It is nevertheless striking to bring into practice the altogether computation of more than one regression equation. To do so, methodology of Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) is used and thereby establishes three salient outcomes: a); FDI is significant in effecting employment, b); FDI effects of employment are moderate, c); FDI tends to have dissimilar direction of effects on the selected countries. At the concluding stage, it is suggested to view sector specific effects of FDI and nevertheless recommended for the righteous channelization of foreign capital for better job enhancement.
Subjects: 
foreign direct investment
employed labor force
South Asia
gross domestic product
Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Feasible Generalized Least Squares
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