Data for: Technology transfers, foreign investment and productivity spillovers

Abstract of associated article: This paper explores the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and the productivity of host country domestic firms. We rely on a specially designed survey of over 4000 manufacturing firms in Vietnam, and separate out productivity gains along the supply chain (obtained through direct transfers of knowledge/technology between linked firms) from productivity effects through indirect FDI spillovers. In addition to identifying indirect vertical productivity spillovers from FDI, our results show that there are productivity gains associated with direct linkages between foreign-owned and domestic firms along the supply chain not captured by commonly used measures of spillovers. This includes evidence of productivity gains through forward linkages for domestic firms which receive inputs from foreign-owned firms.

关联论文摘要：本研究探讨了外商直接投资（Foreign Direct Investment, FDI）与东道国本土企业生产率之间的关联。本研究依托一项针对越南境内逾4000家制造企业的专项调研，将供应链层面的生产率增益（通过关联企业间直接的知识与技术转移获得）与外商直接投资间接溢出效应引致的生产率影响进行区分。除了探明外商直接投资带来的间接垂直生产率溢出效应外，本研究结果表明，外资企业与本土企业沿供应链形成的直接关联所带来的生产率增益，并未被当前通用的溢出效应测算方法所捕捉。其中包括从外资企业获取投入品的本土企业通过前向关联获得生产率增益的实证证据。