Foreign-owned plants and job security

Globalisation and Labour Markets Research Paper 2007 / 36 Foreign - owned Plants and Job Security

We investigate the hypothesis that workers in foreign-owned establishments face greater job insecurity. Using linked employer employee data from Germany, we examine whether foreign-owned establishments are more likely to exit production, and whether workers in foreign-owned establishments face higher separation rates, net of establishment exit. We find that, after controlling for the different ...

Why Do Foreign-Owned Firms Pay More? The Role of On-the-Job Training

Why Do Foreign-Owned Firms Pay More? The Role of On-the-Job Training Foreign-owned firms have consistently been found to pay higher wages than domestic firms to what appear to be equally productive workers in both developed and developing countries alike. Although a number of studies have documented and some attempted to explain this stylized fact, the issue still remains unresolved. In a multi...

Determinants of Foreign-Owned Firms Survival in Iran

In terms of financing, penetration in global markets and emphasis on comparative advantage, attracting FDI play a key role in boosting economic growth, providing foreign exchange and increasing non-oil exports. In this study, the effect of determinants on foreign-owned firms survival is investigated by the Complementary Log-Log Model. To achieve the purpose, the future status of valid foreign i...

Work-family Conflict and Employee Job Satisfaction: a Comparison of State-owned and Foreign-invested Enterprises in Vietnam

The Survival of New Domestic and Foreign owned Firms

We compare the survival of new domestic and foreign owned firms. We analyze the determinants of the survival of new firms and investigate whether foreigness accounts for significant differences in the survival of new foreign and new domestic firms. We find survival to be determined by ownership advantages, size and growth strategies, the internal organization of firms, and by industry character...