外商直接投资、人力资本与中国工业部门技术进步——基于吸收能力的FDI技术外溢研究

相对于东道国企业,跨国公司拥有更为领先的技术优势,由于技术具有公共品的特性,因而存在着外溢至东道国企业、推动东道国产业技术进步的可能性。针对外资对中国工业技术进步影响的研究结果表明,外资的技术溢出效应并不必然会出现,人力资本对这种溢出效应的发挥起到了门槛的作用,即只有当人力资本水平达到一定高度之后,东道国产业才有能力掌握、改进并应用外资的溢出技术。这一结论的直接含义就是必须在吸引外资的同时,提升我国的人力资本水平。

FDI, human capital and technical progress in China's industry——A research based on absorptive capacity

Compared with firms in host country, multinational corporations have superior technology which is likely to diffuse to host firms and improve technological level in host country, since technology reflected the characteristics of quasi-public goods. This paper studied the impact of FDI on technological progress of China’s industries, and the findings showed that a minimal level of human capital should be reached in order to acquire, improve and apply technology acquired from multinational corporations.