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The Impact of Horizontal and Vertical FDI on Labor Demand for Different Skill Groups
Mattes, Anselm - Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) - 2010
(GMM). As a main result I find that there is no negative effect of firm-level FDI flows on employment. Positive effects …This paper analyzes the determinants and effects of firm-level FDI flows on the basis of German micro-level data …. Concering the determinants of FDI, I differentiate between different target regions and motivations for FDI (market seeking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008619353
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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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Multinational firms and job tasks
Hakkala, Katariina Nilsson; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, … - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2009
We analyze the impact of multinational and foreign ownership on the demand for job tasks and educational skills. By using Swedish matched employer-employee data, we find that both foreign and domestic multinational firms have high shares of non-routine tasks and tasks requiring personal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009969
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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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Multinational firms, acquisitions and job tasks
Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, … - In: European Economic Review 66 (2014) C, pp. 248-265
We revisit the question how inward FDI and multinational ownership affect relative labor demand. Motivated by the … and outward FDI have a task upgrading impact on local firms. The effect is primarily driven by wage effects leading to … relative labor demand. Hence, our results suggest a new aspect of the labor market consequences of FDI. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011048629
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Foreign Direct Investment, Wage Inequality, and Skilled Labor Demand in EU Accession Countries
Bruno, Giovanni S.F.; Crinò, Rosario; Falzoni, Anna M. - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2004
skilled and unskilled workers and received the largest FDI inflow in Central and Eastern Europe. This paper analyzes whether … FDI has contributed to the raise in earning inequality via a change in the skill composition of labor demand in the three … countries. While we find that in Hungary and the Czech Republic FDI exerts a positive direct impact on the skill-premium, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005178221
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Foreign Direct Investment, Wage Inequality, and Skilled Labor Demand in EU Accession Countries
Bruno, Giovanni S.F.; Crinò, Rosario; Falzoni, Anna M. - KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and … - 2004
skilled and unskilled workers and received the largest FDI inflow in Central and Eastern Europe. Using non-parametric and … parametric approaches, this paper analyzes whether FDI has contributed to the raise in earning inequality and to the change in … the skill composition of labor demand in the three countries. Our results suggest that, although FDI has not worsened wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005184910
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Foregin Acquisition and Employment Effects in Swedish Manufacturing
Bandick, Roger; Karpaty, Patrick - Handelshögskolan, Örebro Universitet - 2007
This paper investigates the employment effects of foreign acquisitions in acquired firms in Swedish manufacturing during the 1990s, a period characterized by a dramatic increase in foreign ownership. To handle likely endogeneity problems, we evaluate the effects of foreign acquisitions on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644772
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The Impact of Multinationals’ Overseas Expansion on Employment at Suppliers at Home: New Evidence from Firm-Level Transaction Relationship Data for Japan
Ito, Keiko; Tanaka, Ayumu - Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University - 2014
This paper focuses on non-internationalized supplier firms and investigates how the expansion of overseas activities by their main customer firms affects their employment, utilizing a unique dataset that includes information on buyer-supplier transaction relationships for Japanese manufacturing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011067493
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Foreign Direct Investment, Wage Inequality, and Skilled Labor Demand in EU Accession Countries
Bruno, Giovanni S.F.; Falzoni, Anna M.; Crinò, Rosario - Dipartimento di Scienze Aziendali, Economiche e Metodi … - 2005
skilled and unskilled workers and received the largest FDI inflow in Central and Eastern Europe. This paper analyzes whether … FDI has contributed to the raise in earning inequality via a change in the skill composition of labor demand in the three … countries. While we find that in Hungary and the Czech Republic FDI exerts a positive direct impact on the skill-premium, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005121232