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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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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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Foreign direct investment and domestic entrepreneurship : blessing or curse?

Danakol, Seçil Hülya; Estrin, Saul; Reynolds, Paul … - 2013

This paper explores the effects of foreign direct investment, measured by mergers and acquisitions, on domestic entrepreneurial entry. We use a micro‐panel of more than two thousand individuals disaggregated by industry in seventy countries including both developed and developing economies,...

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