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capacity of the regression analysis (the determination coefficient
r2 = 0.9803 = 98.03%, thus the model used explains up to
98.03% of the relationship between monitored variables).
Figure 6 FDI inflow and average wage growth in Slovakia in
2003-2017
Source: Authors’ results
5 Conclusion
In the paper we dealt with the relationship between FDI and
Slovakia's economic growth represented by selected indicators.
We wanted to find out how the inflow of FDI affects
unemployment. Governments advocate that FDI is also
beneficial in reducing unemployment. We do not agree with this
statement, because our research has brought results that, with
zero FDI inflows, the unemployment rate reaches 13.758%,
while FDI of 1 mil. EUR only a slight reduction in
unemployment of 0.00007. Also, the view of data point
distribution (data points are scattered unevenly around the
regression line) indicates that the relationship between the
variables being examined is very weak. There are several studies
that deal with empirical research into the relationship between
GDP and FDI and confirm the results of our research. In the case
of the dependence of GDP and FDI in Slovakia, the Pearson
correlation coefficient reached 0.9865, which indicates a strong,
positive, statistically significant correlation between FDI and
GDP variables in Slovakia in the period under review. This
means that the inflow of foreign investment has significantly
affected the GDP growth in Slovakia in the period under review.
There is a dependence where FDI inflows have a positive and
important impact on GDP growth. Another relationship
examined was the relationship between average nominal wages
and FDI. Here, too, the hypothesis of dependence between the
pair of variables examined was confirmed: FDI and the average
nominal wage in Slovakia. Thus, the inflow of foreign
investment into Slovakia was significantly affecting the increase
in the average nominal wage in the period under review. The
results of the regression analysis, respectively the linear
regression with the regression line equation speaks of the
growing average nominal wage trend depending on the inflow of
foreign investment into Slovakia.
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