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1、本科毕业论文外文翻译外文题目:foreighdirectinvestmentandgenderedwagesinurbanChina出处:FeministEconomics作者:ElissaBraunsteinandMarkBrennerForeighDirectInvestmentAndGenderedWagesInUrbanChinaAbstractThispaperdocumentsthechangingimpactofforeigndirectinvestment(FDI)ongenderedwagesi
2、nurbanChina.Combininghouseholdsurveydatafrom1995and2002withprovince-levelmacro-data,thepaperfindsthatFDIasaproportionofinvestmenthasasizableandstatisticallysignificantpositiveeffectonbothfemaleandmalewagesinbothyears.In1995,womenexperiencedlargergainsfromFDIt
3、hanmen,butthosegender-basedadvantageshadreversedby2002,withmenexperiencinglargerwagegainsfromFDIthanwomen.Thepaperarguesthattheseresultsreflecttheshiftofforeign-investedenterprisestohigherproductivityandmoredomesticallyorientedproduction,ashiftthatinteractswi
4、thgender-basedemploymentsegregationtomoregreatlyadvantageworkersinmale-dominatedthanfemale-dominatedindustries.ThesefindingsindicatethatFDIcanhaveconsiderablestructuraleffectsoneconomiesthatreachbeyondtheparticularworkersandfirmslinkedtoforeigninvestors.Intro
5、ductionManyeconomistsandpolicy-makerstreatforeigndirectinvestment(FDI)asapremieragentofeconomicgrowthindevelopingcountries.Especiallysincethefinancialcrisesofthelate1990s,whenshort-termcapitalflowsprovedtobeunreliableanddestabilizing,governmentshavecourtedFDI
6、astheinternationalcapitalflowofchoice.Inadditiontodirectlyraisinginvestmentandconsequentgrowth,FDIisoftenlaudedforexpandingemploymentopportunities,introducingtechnologicalandmanagerialknow-how,andprovidingvaluableaccesstohighlycompetitiveexportmarkets.Asaresu
7、lt,formanydevelopingeconomies,FDIhasbecomeoneofthemostsought-aftercommoditiesintheglobalmarketplace.Evenso,theempiricalevidenceforacausalconnectionbetweenFDIandgrowth,tosaynothingofbroaddevelopment,isactuallyquiteweak–certainlynotenoughtosupportthetypesofsubs
8、idiesthatmanydevelopingcountrygovernmentshavebeguntooffermultinationalinvestors(GordonH.Hanson2005).YetforalloftheuncertaintyoverwhetherFDIinfacthelpsindustrializingcountries,weknowevenle