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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 main result is that most firms engage in FDI because of market access. Further …
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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 within the IAB-ReLOC project. By developing a new method for linking … development of firms with Czech affiliates and firms without FDI is compared for the same time periods. The analysis shows that …
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This paper studies the impact of trade within US-headquartered multinational companies (MNCs) on labour demand for all employees, as well as, for those of high and low skill in US manufacturing for the period 1995 - 2005. We find strong evidence on the positive and negative effect of intra-firm...
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This paper studies the impact of trade within US-headquartered multinational companies (MNCs) on labour demand for all employees, as well as, for those of high and low skill in US manufacturing for the period 1995 - 2005. We find strong evidence on the positive and negative effect of intra-firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374359
Umstrukturierungen als Reaktion auf eine veränderte Arbeitsnachfrage durch FDI. …We use linked employer-employee data to estimate the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on workers' job … stability. We are the first to consider firm-internal job transitions. Specifically, we examine the impact of FDI on the …
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investment (FDI) in countries with substantially lower average wages. Our results derive from the use of rich administrative … attainment in the service sector. Regarding workers' tasks, our results do not show that FDI affects routine jobs beyond a worker …
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This report reviews some of the most recent literature examining the home country employment effects of internationalisation. A brief overview of the history of the internationalisation of Finnish firms is also presented. The general conclusion from the literature is that the absolute employment...
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. -- internationalisation ; FDI ; outsourcing offshore ; employment ; labour market …
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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...
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focus on the impact of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from OECD countries on employment in the home country of the … affected more strongly. The empirical findings in the paper suggest that the aggregate employment impact of outward FDI varies …
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