During the round table, Pengshan Pan will examine the impact of foreign investment on workers' well-being by comparing Chinese, Western, and domestic firms across different sectors.
Contribution long abstract
Pengshan Pan will examine the impact of natural resource FDI on worker welfare in Kyrgyzstan. Using geolocated household surveys, by comparing Chinese and western firms, Pengshan shows that natural resource FDI provides workers with higher wages and formal contracts, but creates greater inequality.