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Private Equity, Layoffs, and Job Polarization

Olsson, Martin; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015

Although private equity firms are often criticized for layoffs, little evidence exists regarding which employees lose their jobs and why. We argue that explanations for the job polarization process can also explain layoffs after buyouts. Buyouts reduce agency problems, which triggers automation,...

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Private Equity and Employees

Olsson, Martin; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

a private equity buyout. Unemployment risk declines despite lower employment growth for continuing establishments … – attributable to hiring freezes rather than to layoffs – and a lack of change in firm level employment growth. A plausible …

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The Real Effects of Private Equity Buyouts

Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010

the real economic effect of buyouts: employment, wages, productivity, and long-run investments. Employment tend to …

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Minimum Wages and Employment in Swedish Hotels and Restaurants

Skedinger, Per - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2002

This paper considers the effects of union-bargained minimum wages on transitions into and out of employment in the … non-negligible employment effects (except for teenagers during 1993–98). The evidence regarding decreasing minimum wages …

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FDI and Job Creation in China

Karlsson, Sune; Lundin, Nannan; Sjöholm, Fredrik; He, Ping - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007

the period 1998-2004. Our results show that FDI has positive effects on employment growth. The positive effect of job …

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Electronics, Economic Growth and Employment – Revolution or Evolution

Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1982

The "new electronics technology" in its various manifestations has been very much in the limelight during recent years. It has been associated with future mass unemployment or scary visions of a Brave New World, a grand discontinuity in economic and cultural development. Governments are worried...

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Relief Work and Grant Displacement in Sweden

Gramlich, Edward M.; Ysander, Bengt-Christer - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1980

No abstract.

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Foreign Direct Investment and Employment in Sweden

Andersson, Thomas - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1994

No abstract.

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The Rise of Small Business: Causes and Consequences

Carlsson, Bo - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1992

No abstract.

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Effects of Increasing Minimum Wages on Employment and Hours: Evidence from Sweden’s Retail Sector

Skedinger, Per - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011

This paper examines the effects of collectively agreed increases in real minimum wages on employment transitions and … relatively fewer hours before being separated. Among the young, however, both employment and hours are negatively affected …. Labour-labour substitution seems to be important, since increases in minimum wages promote employment among workers with …

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