Local Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment in the Ethiopian Manufacturing Sector

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Local Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment in the Ethiopian Manufacturing Sector Presentation of preliminary results from ongoing research. Major Research Grant No. 1386 Project title: Ref 1386 "The Role of Asian Investment in Manufacturing in Catalyzing Economic Development in Africa" Friday, July 24, 2015. EEA-Annual Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Maggie McMillan (Tufts-IFPRI, PI), Girum Abebe (EDRI), Deborah Brautigam (SAIS - Johns Hopkins), Iñigo Verduzco- Gallo (IFPRI), and Michel Serafinelli (University of Toronto)

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Local Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment in the Ethiopian Manufacturing

Sector

Presentation of preliminary results from ongoing research. Major Research Grant No. 1386Project title: Ref 1386 "The Role of Asian Investment in Manufacturing in Catalyzing Economic Development in Africa" Friday, July 24, 2015.

EEA-Annual Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Maggie McMillan (Tufts-IFPRI, PI), Girum Abebe (EDRI), Deborah Brautigam (SAIS - Johns Hopkins), Iñigo Verduzco-Gallo (IFPRI), and Michel Serafinelli (University of Toronto)

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Outline

• Motivation• FDI in Ethiopia• Data• Framework (1) • Preliminary Results• Framework (2)• Road Ahead

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MotivationContributions (we hope)• Policy:

– Big push in Ethiopia to industrialize; to large extent, relying on FDI – Justification is that this will have significant spillover effects on the rest of economy

– Our paper aims to evaluate these claims and understand effects of FDI in Ethiopia

• Academic:– Contribute to agglomeration and FDI literature.– Little to no credible evidence on magnitude of FDI and agglomeration spillovers in manufacturing in less-developed countries (particularly in Africa)

– We have some data on potential mechanisms behind spillovers so we can look into what might drive the results

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Significant inflows of FDI since 2000

Source: Own calculations with data from CSA

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FDI stock 1992-2014

Source: EIC 2015

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No. workers No. workers (FDI China)No. workers (FDI other)

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Important role of Asian investorsLargest Operational Manufacturing ProjectsCountry of Origin Percent China 27.29India 9.28Turkey 5.57China/Ethiopia 4.91Sudan 2.95India/Ethiopia 2.51Saudi Arabia/Ethiopia 3.28Saudi Arabia 1.42Britain 1.42USA/Ethiopia 1.64Italy/Ethiopia 2.29USA 0.98

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-24/ethio

pia-vies-for-chinas-vanishing-factory-jobs#p2’Source: EIC 2015

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FDI represents sizeable share of existing firms in main manuf. Sectors (2013/14)Top 10 sectors with FDI                     ISIC Activity (2-digit) All firms FDI firms FDI firms as

share of all firms 

Manufacture of food products and beverages    464   54   12%Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products    399   77   19%Manufacture of furniture; manufacturing n.e.c.    233   34   15%Tanning and dressing of leather; manufacture of luggage  handbags  saddlery  harness and footwear 102   24   24%

Manufacture of fabricated metal products  except machinery and equipment   101   18   18%

Manufacture of rubber and plastics products    85   21   25%Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products    84   23   27%

Publishing  printing and reproduction of recorded media   73   10   14%

Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork  except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials  

54   9   17%

Manufacture of textiles    47   16   34%Source: Own calculations with data from CSA          

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Data• EIC data is largely aggregated • We have been working with CSA to get more disaggregated information on FDI and linkages 

• CSA manufacturing census data from 1995/96 to 2013/14• The latest round has module on FDI• Module asks about:

–  Locational preferences for both local and foreign firms– Horizontal linkages– Vertical linkages

• Backward linkages• Forward linkages

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Framework (1)• Following Aitken and Harrison (1999)

• is the log of output measured by sales revenue for plant  operational in sector  at time  .

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Framework (1)• Main interest is  , the coefficient on the variable  which captures the proportion of FDI in a given sector – The sign and magnitude indicates the nature of FDI spillover effect towards domestic firms in the same sector as the FDI.

𝐹𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑗𝑡=∑𝑖

𝐹𝐷𝐼𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑗𝑡∗𝐸𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑗𝑡

∑𝑖

𝐸𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑗𝑡

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Results (, OLS): Spillovers could be local  National Region Zone TownShare of FDI in the firm () 0.01 0.02 0.06 0.04  [0.06] [0.065] [0.071] [0.064]Share of FDI in the sector ) 0.25 0.13 0.24 -0.48  [0.16] [0.18] [0.19] [0.353]

Share of FDI in the firm*Share of FDI in the sector(*) 0.005 0.006 0.006* 0.016***  [0.003] [0.004] [0.003] [0.005]Share of FDI in the sector at regional level   0.19        [0.13]    Share of FDI in the firm*Share of FDI in the sector at regional level   -0.002        [0.003]    Share of FDI in the sector at zone level     0.033        [0.128]  Share of FDI in the firm*Share of FDI in the sector at zone level     -0.002        [0.002]  Share of FDI in the sector at town level       0.813**        [0.351]Share of FDI in the firm*Share of FDI in the sector at town level       -0.012***        [0.005]Number of observations  13055 13055 13055 13055

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Results (Difference; -)

First Diff. Second Diff. Third Diff. Fourth Diff.

Share of FDI in the firm () 

0.023 -0.055 -0.288*** -0.353***[0.102] [0.113] [0.103] [0.122]

Share of FDI in the sector ) 

0.189 0.490* 0.806** 1.02***[0.217] [0.276] [0.333] [0.385]

Share of FDI in the firm*Share of FDI in the sector(*)

0.008 0.004 0.005 0.007[0.005] [0.005] [0.007] [0.009]

Number of observations  7481 4866 3486 2556

Differencing helps remove fixed effects at the plant level; helps us observe spillover effects over longer time horizon 

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Results: Interpretation 

• Evidence of positive spillover from FDI to domestic firms in sectors with FDI presence– First FDI seems to benefit nearby domestic firms  

• Point estimate imply that increasing foreign equity by one percentage points is associated with a 0.8 % increase in productivity of domestic firms located in the same town and sector as the FDI firm

– Second, the differenced model shows that the spillover effects tend to become stronger over time• The effects seems to be felt beyond the locality where FDI is present 

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Result: Possible channels of spillover • We are working to parametrically identify mechanisms but already from the data we have evidence on – Vertical linkages ( Local suppliers) :

• 10% of firms report selling to FDI firms• Of firms receiving technology transfers about 25% did so from FDI firms–Most of these transfers (~60%) from FDI firms aimed at improving production processes and product design

– Horizontal linkages (Competition) :• In 15% of firms, competitive pressure from FDI has lead to Δ in prod. Techniques– Of these, 57% did so by observing/copying FDI firms– And most of them (76%) have not perceived FDI firms tried to prevent this

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Result: Possible channels of spillover 

– Horizontal linkages (labor channel) :– 9% of firms have hired employees who have worked in FDI firms before– These workers do seem to make positive contributions to productivity in local firms:» 62% report former FDI workers contributing to better production technologies» 13% to bringing export knowledge to the firm» 11% help improve managerial practices

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Framework (2)• Likely that if spillover effects exist, they will have a local effect (as indicated in the previous results based on Framework (1)).

• FDI firms don’t choose location at random, rather they choose based on characteristics of locality (potentially unobservable)

• If unobservables are correlated with productivity then simple productivity differences between incumbent firms in non-FDI localities v.s. FDI localities would be biased.

• Better identification strategy following Greenstone, Hornbeck and Moretti (2010):

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FDI locally concentrated

Source: Own calculations using CSA data.

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Framework (2)• Failed attempts– Use localities (towns) where FDI firms “almost” located but, for exogenous reasons (administrative, budget) did not

– These “Losing” towns are potentially a good counterfactual for “Winning” towns 

– We can further control for pre-existing trends, firm and industry idiosyncrasies as well as other differences. 

• Govt. designation– If we know decision rule by govt. we can control for this

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Framework (2)• Pair-wise comparison is methodologically superior to both the regression formulation and DID-matching based on observables.

• In our case, we have information about other localities (towns) FDI firms considered before opening the current plant 

• We can use that information to link “treated” towns(i.e. had a FDI firm opening in towns) with “control” towns(those not selected by FDI firm)

• We also observe location and year when FDI firm started operations

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Framework (2)

𝑙𝑛 (𝑌𝑝𝑖𝑗𝑡 )=𝛽1𝑙𝑛 (𝐿𝑝𝑖𝑗𝑡 )+𝛽2𝑙𝑛 (𝐾𝑝𝑖𝑗𝑡 )+𝛽3𝑙𝑛 (𝑀𝑝𝑖𝑗𝑡 )+𝛿1 (𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 )𝑝𝑗+𝜓𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑡+Ω (𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑×1 (𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 ) )𝑝𝑗𝑡+𝜅1 (𝜏 ≥0 ) 𝑗𝑡+𝛾 (𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑×1 (𝜏≥0 ) ) 𝑗𝑡+𝜃1 ( 1(𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 )×1 (𝜏 ≥0 ) )𝑝𝑗𝑡+𝜃2 (𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑×1(𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 )×1 (𝜏 ≥0 ) )𝑝𝑗𝑡+𝛼𝑝+𝜇𝑖𝑡+𝜆 𝑗+𝜀𝑝𝑖𝑗𝑡

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Econometric specification

• Parameters of interest are:–  which represents a mean shift in productivity of incumbent plants in a “treated” towns

–  which measures the trend break in productivity for incumbent plants in a “treated” towns

• Specification also controls for a number of pre- and post-treatment levels, allows for trend breaks and controls for firm, industry, case and industry-year fixed effects.

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Road ahead

• We are now trying to complement some information on “losing” locations in order to be able to follow our main identification strategy

• Cleaning the location variables to reduce measurement error

• Will expect results from the main model in two to three months time. 

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THANK YOU.