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The interactions between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and human capital formation’s have strong implications for labour demand and supply factors in developing economies through various ways like training, direct technological diffusion, innovation and imitation. Indian economy has featured rising wage inequality and demographic dividend simultaneously since the last decade. This study empirically assesses this effect in Indian manufacturing firms using unbalanced panel data for the period 2001-2015. FDI is found out to be stirring up wage inequality with positive relation between relative wages and interaction term of training and FDI suggestive of positive demand side effect of FDI only through this channel. Lipsey, et.al (2013), …show more content…

The significance of either effect is important in determining the overall effect of FDI in a country. This is the first attempt to assess this effect empirically in Indian manufacturing industries for the last decade. The structure of the chapter is organised as followed: section 2 discusses trends of FDI, human capital formation and wage inequality in India. Section 3 discusses the theoretical framework. Empirical strategy has been developed in section 4. Data has been discussed in section 5. In section 6 the chapter discuss our variables formation. Section 7 presents the results of effect of FDI on human capital formation and relative wages. We also check for high technology and low technology industries in this section. Section 8 concludes the discussion. 2.2.1 Trends of FDI and Human Capital Formation, Wage inequality in India India remains the third most attractive destination for FDI, after China and the United States of America, for 2013-2015, according to a survey of global companies conducted by UNCTAD. Foreign Direct Investment in India has increased from $ 1,04,411 in year 2000-2001 to $ 6,96,011 in 2011- 2012. The distribution of FDI inflow is concentrated to some sectors. Services , Construction, Communication, Drugs and Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Automobile Industry etc. are among the leading sectors which bag major share of FDI inflows. (Figure 2.1) Similarly there is

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