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productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …
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productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703573
German Socio Economic Panel for the period 1999 to 2007 with industry-level data on various aspects of tradeexports …The German economy is characterized by a high degree of foreign exposure through exports and imports. This paper … considers the link between trade and labour market outcomes in Germany. To that end we combine individual-level data from the …
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specifically investigate the moderating effect of variation in foreign employment shares across industry-province cells (clusters … with the employment share of foreign owned firms. We also find that the indirect effect on domestic wages varies with the …
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This paper looks at the importance of CSR considerations in the decision taken by a foreign affiliate of a multinational company about the choice of local suppliers. We investigate this empirically using unique firm level data for more than 2,000 foreign owned firms in 19 Sub-Saharan African...
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We investigate whether government subsidies to local input manufacturers encourage procurement from foreign firms. We use a comprehensive panel data of Irish firms from 1983 until 2002. Our data shows a spontaneity about linkages and relative insensitivity to grant aid, although it may be the...
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productivity growth between Northern and Southern FDI, irrespective of how the latter is defined. However, we find that employment …
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productivity growth between Northern and Southern FDI, irrespective of how the latter is defined. We also find that employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011804076
The disconnect between the lofty aspirations of firms claiming Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and their shortcomings in practice have caused some observers to question its usefulness. The fallout from events like the Rana Plaza catastrophe has highlighted some of these...
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This paper looks at the importance of CSR considerations in the decision taken by a foreign affiliate of a multinational company about the choice of local suppliers. We investigate this empirically using unique firm level data for more than 2,000 foreign owned firms in 19 Sub-Saharan African...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010471509