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Essays on Offshoring, Wage Inequality and Innovation

Benz, Sebastian - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …

-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different implications of the growing importance of trade in intermediate inputs. The first … chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … and estimates the importance of international trade in intermediate inputs and internationally mobile capital for the …

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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 recent literature that distinguish between skills and tasks, we argue that the impact of multinational and foreign ownership on the demand for labor is better captured by focusing on...

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Informal labor regulations, firm boundaries, and global sourcing

Bansal, Renu; Maiti, Dibyendu - 2024

This paper extends the global sourcing model with informal labor, which spawns reputation and legal costs for violating the rules and regulations imposed on foreign firms regarding accessing informal labor under integration. Under these circumstances, foreign firms, facing a higher cost than...

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The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Wages and Working Conditions

Arnal, Elena; Hijzen, Alexander - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2008

Foreign direct investment (FDI) by OECD-based multinational enterprises (MNEs) in developing and emerging economies has increased dramatically over the past two decades. While generally perceived as beneficial for local development, it has also raised concerns about unfair competition and the...

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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...

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Competing to Invest in the Foreign Market

Zhao, Laixun; Okamura, Makoto - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2008

employment in the home countries are bargained over between labor and management. We find that in the unique equilibrium, both …

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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...

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Offshore outsourcing - A global shift in the present IT industry

Erber, Georg; Sayed-Ahmed, Aida - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fakultät … - 2004

determine the total cost of offshore outsourcing activities. The debate on the potential future negative employment impacts in …

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FDI, International Trade and Union Collusion

Buccella, Domenico - FIW - 2010

found that firms’ strategies are affected by the scale of fixed costs of direct investments, trade costs and union wage …

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Offshore Outsourcing - A global shift in the present IT industry

Erber, Georg; Sayed-Ahmed, Aida - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Statistik, … - 2004

determine the total cost of offshore outsourcing activities. The debate on the potential future negative employment impacts in …

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