The Impact Of Foreign Direct Investment In The Employment Structure Of Jiangsu Province

With the development of economy and society, foreign direct investment (FDI) and employment structure have evolved at the same time.The primary Intention of this paper is to examine the characteristics and tendency of FDI and employment structure and then to study the influences of FDI on the structure of employment in Jiangsu. The research has focused on three aspects of employment structure, such as the employment structure of industry, region, and skill.The procedure can be briefly described as follows. Firstly, this paper gives a brief introduction of the theory of FDI structure and employment structure. Secondly, with the usage of some related data from the year book of Jiangsu statistics, the paper presents forward the main characteristics of FDI and employment structure In Jiangsu. In this part, the method of statistical description is adopted.Then a model is built to analyze the various factors influencing the employment structure so as to contribute to the following analyses of their influences of FDI on it. Thirdly, combining theoretical analysis with empirical analysis, the paper studies the influences of FDI on the three aspects of employment structure and some conclusions have drawn. In this Part, with the help of Eviews, the analysis of correlation and regression is adopted. The majority of observing data is taken from Jiangsu Statistical Year book and the research times Pace is taken from the year of 1999 to 2008.In summing up, it may be stated that FDI does have some influences on employment structure in China. In Industrial aspect, FDI has contributed to the aggregate of employment in Jiangsu and it plays a great role in transfer of labor force in primary industry, and employment growth of secondary and tertiary industry.In regional aspect, the disproportion of FDI,combining with the disproportional economic development of three parts in Jiangsu, has lead to the disequilibria in three main parts in Jiangsu, which lie in the following aspects:employment pressure, industry structure, pattern of ownership and laborer's quality. In skill aspect, as a result of its high demand of skilled labor, FDI will stimulate the education and self-discipline of domestic labors and consequently contribute to the improvement of employment structure of skill.