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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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South-South FDI and Development in East Asia
Lipsey, Robert E.; Sjöholm, Fredrik - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
This paper attempts to measure the size of South-South FDI in developing East Asia and the trends in it, and the … differences between South-South FDI and North-South FDI. Among the comparisons of the two types of FDI we try to summarize are be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321785
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South-South FDI and Development in East Asia
Lipsey, Robert E.; Sjöholm, Fredrik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2011
This paper attempts to measure the size of South-South FDI in developing East Asia and the trends in it, and the … differences between South-South FDI and North-South FDI. Among the comparisons of the two types of FDI we try to summarize are be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325847
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Multinational Firms and Job Tasks
Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 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/10005645336
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Foreign Direct Investments in Southeast Asia
Sjöholm, Fredrik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2013
decades. South East Asia has been part of this development with rapidly increasing inflows of FDI. However, there are large … variations over time and between countries in the region as regard to the policies towards FDI, and in actual inflows of FDI …. This chapter aims at examining the size of FDI in South East Asia and the trends in it. The main determinants of FDI in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010718624
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Foreign Direct Investments in Southeast Asia
Sjöholm, Fredrik - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013
decades. South East Asia has been part of this development with rapidly increasing inflows of FDI. However, there are large … variations over time and between countries in the region as regard to the policies towards FDI, and in actual inflows of FDI …. This chapter aims at examining the size of FDI in South East Asia and the trends in it. The main determinants of FDI in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818501
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Is There Really a Foreign Ownership Wage Premium? Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
Heyman, Fredrik; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik; Sjöholm, … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
Numerous studies on firm-level data have reported higher average wages in foreign-owned firms than in domestically-owned firms. This, however, does not necessarily imply that the individual worker’s wage increase with foreign ownership. Using detailed matched employer-employee data on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419528
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Acquisitions, Multinationals and Wage Dispersion
Heyman, Fredrik; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik; Sjöholm, … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
Multinational firms pay relatively high wages. Less is known about the wage structure within multinational and non-multinational firms. We examine the impact of acquisitions on wage dispersion in Sweden using a large matched employer-employee data set. Foreign acquisitions of Swedish firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645282
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FDI, Market Structure and R&D Investments in China
Lundin, Nannan; Sjöholm, Fredrik; He, Ping; Qian, Jinchang - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
FDI can be an important channel for developing countries’ ability to get access to new technology. The impact of FDI on … demonstration effects could have a positive impact. Another and so far little examined effect of FDI on technology development in … domestically-owned firms is through the impact on competition. We examine the effect of FDI on competition in the Chinese …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645313
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FDI and Job Creation in China
Karlsson, Sune; Lundin, Nannan; Sjöholm, Fredrik; He, Ping - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
This paper examines the effect of FDI on job creation in the Chinese manufacturing sector. As one of the world …’s largest recipients of FDI, China has arguably benefited from foreign multinational enterprises in various respects. However …, one of the main challenges for China, and other developing countries, is job-creation, and the effect of FDI on job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645395