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International Economic Activities and the Demand for Skilled Labor : Evidence from Brazil and China
Fajnzylber, Pablo - 2016
associated with an increased demand for skilled labor, the opposite is true in China.This paper - a product of the Growth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012749038
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Does State Ownership Really Matter? The Dynamic Alignment of China’s Resource Environment and Firm Internationalization Strategies
Ren, Monica - 2019
Recent research suggests that unequal access to home country institutional resources affects firm internationalization strategies. We add to this debate, based on an analysis of state-owned (SOEs) and non-state-owned (NSOEs) Chinese mining firms, by developing a more dynamic and multi-layered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893617
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German FDI in the Czech Republic : employment effects in the home country
Schäffler, Johannes; Moritz, Michael - 2018
Do investments in the Czech Republic lead to employment growth or employment losses in the German firms involved? To address this question, a unique database about German firms with foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Czech Republic and firms without FDI in any country has been established...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011795276
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FDI and onshore employment dynamics
Koerner, Konstantin; Moritz, Michael; Schäffler, Johannes - 2021
In this paper, we revisit questions about the onshore employment effects of firms that conduct foreign direct investment (FDI) in countries with substantially lower average wages. Our results derive from the use of rich administrative records on the universe of employees in German multinational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519589
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African bargaining power with China : foreign investment and rising influence
Seyfried, Christina - 2023
"This book provides a detailed account of the political economy around investment deal negotiations between African governments and private Chinese investors. The book draws on evidence from experiments and hundreds of interviews with policy makers and Chinese investors across Nigeria, South...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473393
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Bargaining Power and Foreign Direct Investment in China : Can 1.3 Billion Consumers Tame the Multinationals?
Braunstein, Elissa; Epstein, Gerald - 2014
, and technological upgrading. The People's Republic of China (PRC), the developing world's largest recipient of FDI and one … power vis a vis multinational corporations to benefit from FDI, it would be China. But does FDI really deliver these … China contributes to these negative outcomes, and argue that the limitation on FDI management tools associated with China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014104752
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The impact of horizontal and vertical FDI on labor demand for different skill groups
Mattes, Anselm - 2009
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/horizontal FDI versus cost reducing/vertical FDI). The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942162
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Openness and technological innovation in East Asia : have they increased the demand for skills?
Almeida, Rita - 2009
countries, this has not been the case for manufacturing firms operating in China and in low-income countries. If international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902447
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Volatile Multinationals? Evidence from the Labor Demand of German Firms
Buch, Claudia M. - 2016
Does more FDI make the world a riskier place for workers? We analyze whether an increase in multinational firms' activities is associated with an increase in firm-level employment volatility. We use a firm-level dataset for Germany which allows us to distinguish between purely domestic firms,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012991135
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Are Foreign-Owned Firms Different? Comparison of Employment Volatility and Elasticity of Labour Demand
Meriküll, Jaanika - 2014
This paper analyses differences in employment volatility in foreign-owned and domestic companies using firm-level data from 24 European countries. The presence of foreign-owned companies may lead to higher employment volatility because subsidiaries of multinational companies react more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051164