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International outsourcing and the skill structure of labour demand in the United Kingdom

Hijzen, Alexander (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

"This paper investigates empirically the link between international outsourcing and the skill structure of labour … demand in the United Kingdom. It is the first detailed study of this issue for the UK. Outsourcing is calculated using import … factor demands, our main results show that international outsourcing has had a strong negative impact on the demand for …

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International fragmentation and relative wages in the UK

Hijzen, Alexander (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The EC and the Locational Choice of Swedish Multinational Companies

Swedenborg, Birgitta - 1990

In a world with multinational companies (MNC's) changes such as those implied by the realization of EC's internal market will affect the locational choice made by geographically mobile MNC's outside the EC. The reason is that any change which affects the competitive advantage of EC producers...

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'New Forms' of Investment in LDCs by Swedish Multinationals

Blomström, Magnus; Swedenborg, Birgitta - 1985

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R&D, Learning-by-Doing and the Multinational Growth of Swedish Firms

Swedenborg, Birgitta - 1989

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The EC and the Locational Choice of Swedish Multinational Companies

Swedenborg, Birgitta - 1988

In a world with multinational companies (MNC's) changes such as those implied by the realization of EC's internal market will affect the locational choice made by geographically mobile MNC's. The reason is that the reduction of trade barriers within the EC puts non-EC members at a competitive...

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Do foreign-owned firms provide better working conditions than their domestic counterparts? : a comparative analysis

Hijzen, Alexander; Martins, Pedro S.; Schank, Thorsten; … - 2010

This paper analyses to what extent working conditions in foreign-owned firms differ from those in their domestic counterparts. It makes three main contributions. First, we replicate the consensus in the empirical literature by applying a standardised methodology to firm-level data for three...

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