Increasing inequality in qualification specific employment prospects characterises labour markets in most highly developed countries. Theoretical models suggest that in-plant skill segregation might matter for the polarization of employment and wages. According to these models production...

Vietnam, Red River Delta, multinational enterprises, regional development, firm survival, industrial concentration, location choice, backward linkages, spillovereffects. - Delta des Roten Flusses, multinationale Unternehmen, regionale Entwicklung, Fortbestehen von Unternehmen, industrielle...

This paper explains the location choices of multinational companies (MNCs) in a transition economy by traditional economic factors and institutional quality. Based on a thorough theoretical framework and a set of hypotheses, empirical data of an enterprise survey of 153 foreign firms in three...