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Cross-Border Acquisitions, Multinationals and Wage Elasticities
Hakkala, Katariina; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2007
The growing number of cross-border acquisitions has in many countries raised concerns about labor demand consequences. In this study, we use detailed firm level data to examine how increased internationalization and multinational activity affect the volatility of employment, or rather, the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320149
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The Impact of Horizontal and Vertical FDI on Labor Demand for Different Skill Groups
Mattes, Anselm - Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) - 2010
(GMM). As a main result I find that there is no negative effect of firm-level FDI flows on employment. Positive effects …This paper analyzes the determinants and effects of firm-level FDI flows on the basis of German micro-level data …. Concering the determinants of FDI, I differentiate between different target regions and motivations for FDI (market seeking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008619353
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German FDI in the Czech Republic : employment effects in the home country
Schäffler, Johannes; Moritz, Michael - 2018
address this question, a unique database about German firms with foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Czech Republic and … firms without FDI in any country has been established within the IAB-ReLOC project. By developing a new method for linking … development of firms with Czech affiliates and firms without FDI is compared for the same time periods. The analysis shows that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011795276
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Cross-Border Acquisitions, Multinationals and Wage Elasticities
Hakkala, Katariina; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, Fredrik - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
The growing number of cross-border acquisitions has in many countries raised concerns about labor demand consequences. In this study, we use detailed firm level data to examine how increased internationalization and multinational activity affect the volatility of employment, or rather, the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207058
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Multinational Firms and Job Tasks
Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, … - 2008
We use Swedish matched employer-employee data to analyze the impact of multinational activity and foreign acquisitions on the relative demand for different job tasks. We contribute to the literature by using a conceptualization from the recent literature in international economics and define the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320259
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Foreign Direct Investment, Wage Inequality and Skilled Labour Demand in EU Accession Countries
Falzoni, Anna M.; Bruno, Giovanni S. F.; Crinò, Rosario - 2005
skilled and unskilled workers and received the largest FDI inflow in Central and Eastern Europe. This paper analyzes whether … FDI has contributed to the raise in earning inequality via a change in the skill composition of labor demand in the three … countries. While we find that in Hungary and the Czech Republic FDI exerts a positive direct impact on the skill-premium, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014066571
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Intra-firm trade and employment in US manufacturing
Blanas, Sotiris - 2012 - This version: March 31st, 2012
This paper studies the impact of trade within US-headquartered multinational companies (MNCs) on labour demand for all employees, as well as, for those of high and low skill in US manufacturing for the period 1995 - 2005. We find strong evidence on the positive and negative effect of intra-firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534907
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Intra-Firm trade and employment in US manufacturing
Blanas, Sotiris - 2012
This paper studies the impact of trade within US-headquartered multinational companies (MNCs) on labour demand for all employees, as well as, for those of high and low skill in US manufacturing for the period 1995 - 2005. We find strong evidence on the positive and negative effect of intra-firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374359
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Intra-firm trade and employment in US manufacturing
Blanas, Sotiris - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009559113
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Multinational firms and job tasks
Hakkala, Katariina Nilsson; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, … - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2009
We analyze the impact of multinational and foreign ownership on the demand for job tasks and educational skills. By using Swedish matched employer-employee data, we find that both foreign and domestic multinational firms have high shares of non-routine tasks and tasks requiring personal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009969