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dc.contributor.authorKeller, Dietmaren
dc.contributor.authorJungnickel, Rolfen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-29T15:08:48Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-29T15:08:48Z-
dc.date.issued2003-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/22771-
dc.description.abstractCompared to other Western European countries, Germany was less successful in attracting FDI in the 1990s. The falling behind in inward-FDI should be no problem if foreign-owned firms (FoFs) were only substitutes for indigenous firms. However, to the extent they differ significantly in terms of performance and structure, FoFs could be an interesting target group of economic policy. We empirically test three hypotheses: FoFs enjoy a productivity advantage over purely nationally operating firms but not – or less so - over multinationals headquartered in Germany (H1). The demand for qualified labour is higher in FoFs compared to German firms (H2). FoFs show a more flexible conduct on the labour market than German-owned firms; they are less integrated in the traditional national labour market system (H3). Our analysis is based on the establishment panel of the Nuremberg Institute for Employment Research (IAB). The data largely support H1 and H2, whereas there is hardly evidence of a particular flexibility in the FoFs' conduct on the labour market.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aHamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA) |cHamburgen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aHWWA Discussion Paper |x233en
dc.subject.jelF23en
dc.subject.jelJ21en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordMultinational firmsen
dc.subject.keywordLabour force and employmenten
dc.subject.stwMultinationales Unternehmenen
dc.subject.stwAuslandsniederlassungen
dc.subject.stwDirektinvestitionen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsnachfrageen
dc.subject.stwProduktivitäten
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleForeign-owned Firms in the German Labour Market-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn367167859en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:hwwadp:26149en

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