in the same region is associated with increasing productivity of local firms, especially in form of cross … distanced regions. FDI tends to be associated with employment decline in manufacturing firms, but some growth in small firms. …

on the working week, employment and productivity. A baseline model economy is calibrated to reproduce the cross … in productivity. In the work-sharing scenario, the increase in employment (1.86%) comes at the expense of a lower … increase in productivity (1.31%). Finally, the full flexibility scenario preserves employment and generates a substantial …