This paper analyses the employment effects of mergers and acquisitions by using matched establishment-level data from … Finland over the period of 1989-2003. The data covers all sectors. We compare the employment effects of cross-border M&As with …-border M&As lead to downsizing in manufacturing employment. The effects of cross-border M&As on employment in non …

by comparing the changes in wages and employment of the groups whose minimum wages were reduced with simultaneous changes … wages in the eligible group declined only modestly despite the fact that the excess supply of labour during high … unemployment should make it relatively easy to attract workers even with low wages. The minimum wage exceptions had no positive …