Employment growth is a desirable outcome of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the economic performance of regions. However, the evidence available for Mexico is inconclusive. This study aims to contribute to the literature by assessing the dynamic relation between FDI and employment in the states of Mexico, and investigating the conditioning role of social progress, local public investment and competitiveness. We employ Impulse Response Functions and variance decomposition, derived from a Panel Vector Autoregressive (PVAR) model. The results provide evidence on the nexus between employment growth and the different types of FDI. We confirm the dynamic interrelation is, at best, weak.

就业增长是外国直接投资（FDI）和地区经济表现的理想结果。但是，墨西哥可获得的证据尚无定论。这项研究旨在通过评估墨西哥州外国直接投资与就业之间的动态关系，并调查社会进步，当地公共投资和竞争力的调节作用，为文献做出贡献。我们采用从面板矢量自回归（PVAR）模型得出的脉冲响应函数和方差分解。结果为就业增长与不同类型的外国直接投资之间的联系提供了证据。我们确认动态相互关系充其量是弱的。