Labor-related knowledge transfers from Chinese foreign direct investment in Ethiopia and Tanzania
We examine worker training by Chinese manufacturing firms using nationally representative firm-level data from both Ethiopia and Tanzania. While Chinese firms make up a relatively small portion of the manufacturing industry in both Ethiopia and Tanzania, at the firm-level they contribute significant...
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| author | Ellis, Mia McMillan, Margaret S. Sovani, Manali |
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| description | We examine worker training by Chinese manufacturing firms using nationally representative firm-level data from both Ethiopia and Tanzania. While Chinese firms make up a relatively small portion of the manufacturing industry in both Ethiopia and Tanzania, at the firm-level they contribute significantly to both domestic employment and labor training. In both countries more than 85 percent of the workers employed by Chinese firms are local, and Chinese firms (and other foreign firms) are more likely to offer labor training than their domestic counterparts. However, we find evidence that Chinese firms underperform relative to other foreign firms in the share of local workers employed, and in Tanzania the difference is especially large for managerial positions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1434842025-12-02T21:03:24Z Labor-related knowledge transfers from Chinese foreign direct investment in Ethiopia and Tanzania Ellis, Mia McMillan, Margaret S. Sovani, Manali investment training labour manufacturing labour training foreign investment knowledge We examine worker training by Chinese manufacturing firms using nationally representative firm-level data from both Ethiopia and Tanzania. While Chinese firms make up a relatively small portion of the manufacturing industry in both Ethiopia and Tanzania, at the firm-level they contribute significantly to both domestic employment and labor training. In both countries more than 85 percent of the workers employed by Chinese firms are local, and Chinese firms (and other foreign firms) are more likely to offer labor training than their domestic counterparts. However, we find evidence that Chinese firms underperform relative to other foreign firms in the share of local workers employed, and in Tanzania the difference is especially large for managerial positions. 2021-12-27 2024-05-22T12:14:27Z 2024-05-22T12:14:27Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143484 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ellis, Mia; McMillan, Margaret S.; and Sovani, Manali, 2021. Labor-related knowledge transfers from Chinese foreign direct investment in Ethiopia and Tanzania. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2078. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134908. |
| spellingShingle | investment training labour manufacturing labour training foreign investment knowledge Ellis, Mia McMillan, Margaret S. Sovani, Manali Labor-related knowledge transfers from Chinese foreign direct investment in Ethiopia and Tanzania |
| title | Labor-related knowledge transfers from Chinese foreign direct investment in Ethiopia and Tanzania |
| title_full | Labor-related knowledge transfers from Chinese foreign direct investment in Ethiopia and Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Labor-related knowledge transfers from Chinese foreign direct investment in Ethiopia and Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Labor-related knowledge transfers from Chinese foreign direct investment in Ethiopia and Tanzania |
| title_short | Labor-related knowledge transfers from Chinese foreign direct investment in Ethiopia and Tanzania |
| title_sort | labor related knowledge transfers from chinese foreign direct investment in ethiopia and tanzania |
| topic | investment training labour manufacturing labour training foreign investment knowledge |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143484 |
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