本文使用1985–2004台灣每年的總體經濟數據（資料來源：國家科學委員會社會科學研究中心和中央銀行），以及一階自我迴歸模型，來探討國際貿易、國際直接投資、國際證券投資和勞動力跨國移動，對台灣人均所得、所得分配和失業率的影響。主要結果如下：對外直接投資可以增進平均國民所得，但會造成失業率的增加和貧富差距的擴大；引進外勞有助於台灣的經濟成長；以及國際證券投資無顯著影響。政策建議如下：台灣應努力參與經濟全球化的進程。

In this article, the author uses Taiwan’s annual macro-economic data in 1985–2004 (source: Social Science Research Center of National Science Council and the Central Bank of Taiwan) as well as the first-order autoregressive model to explore the influences of international trade, international direct investment, international securities investment and the transnational work force on per capita income, income distribution and the unemployment rate. The major findings are as follows. First, the outward FDI may raise average national income, but would increase the unemployment rate and enlarge the gap between the rich and poor; second, foreign labour contributes to Taiwan’s economic growth; and third, international securities investment has no significant impact on Taiwan’s economy. The policy recommendation is as follows: Taiwan should make great efforts to participate actively in the process of economic globalization.