Foreign-owned plants and job security

Andrews, Matt; Bellmann, Lutz; Schänk, Thorsten; Upward, Richard

doi:10.1007/s10290-011-0110-1

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“…Relatedly, Scheve and Slaughter (2004) show for the UK that foreign ownership is associated with individual perceptions of economic insecurity. Andrews et al (2007) confirm for Germany that foreign ownership is associated with increased job insecurity. Finally, Navaretti et al (2003) use data from 11 European countries to show that employment adjustment in foreign-owned firms is faster than in domestic-owned firms.…”

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confidence: 66%

Non-union worker representation, foreign owners, and the performance of establishments

Jirjahn

Mueller

2012

Oxford Economic Papers

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Using German establishment data, this study provides the first econometric analysis on the interaction of establishment-level codetermination and foreign owners. Works councils are associated with higher productivity in domestic-owned establishments while they are associated with lower productivity in foreign-owned establishments. Our results conform to the notion that foreign ownership can involve strong tensions with the institutional patterns of the host country.JEL classifications: J53, J54, M54.

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confidence: 66%

Non-union worker representation, foreign owners, and the performance of establishments

Jirjahn

Mueller

2012

Oxford Economic Papers

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“…We have argued above that a works council may reduce dismissals to nonemployment due to its legal powers. However, Addison, Bellmann, and Kölling (2004) and Andrews et al. (2007) find a positive association between works council presence and plant closings.…”

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confidence: 81%

Works Councils and Separations: Voice, Monopoly, and Insurance Effects

Hirsch¹,

Schänk²,

Schnabel³

2010

Industrial Relations

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“…The bulk of studies on that issue, however, comes to the conclusion that foreign ownership does not lead to a lower job security of workers in the offshore firm units (e.g. Andrews et al, 2012;Barba Navaretti et al, 2003;Buch and Lipponer, 2010;Fabbri et al, 2003).…”

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Multinational Resilience or Dispensable Jobs? German FDI and Employment in the Czech Republic Around the Great Recession

Moritz¹,

Stockinger²,

Trepesch³

2017

Prague Economic Papers

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This article investigates the employment development in Czech-based firms in German ownership in the years around the Great Recession of 2008/2009. The intense involvement of German firms in the economy of the neighbouring country via foreign direct investment (FDI) raises a question whether under the conditions of a historically deep global downturn, the Czech employees in multinational companies were confronted with an increased volatility of their jobs. Using a unique firm-level dataset, we contrast the affiliates of German investors with purely Czechowned enterprises. Our findings indicate that in the years before the crisis, firms with German capital exhibited a noticeably more positive employment development. The results from the year 2008 onwards give reason to the conclusion that the German-owned firms played a stabilizing role for the Czech labour market during the recession.

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Foreign-owned plants and job security

Cited by 21 publications

References 40 publications

Non-union worker representation, foreign owners, and the performance of establishments

Non-union worker representation, foreign owners, and the performance of establishments

Works Councils and Separations: Voice, Monopoly, and Insurance Effects

Multinational Resilience or Dispensable Jobs? German FDI and Employment in the Czech Republic Around the Great Recession

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