Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180518 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11500
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine the determinants of the decision to relocate activities abroad for firms located in OECD countries. We argue that particular firm-specific features play a crucial role for the link between employment protection and relocation. Stricter employment protection laws over time in the current production location discourage firms' relocation abroad. While larger, more productive firms and firms with higher labour intensities have, ceteris paribus, higher propensities to relocate, they also face higher exit barriers if the country from which they consider relocating has strict employment protection laws. Our predictions are supported empirically, using firm level panel data for 28 OECD countries over the period 1997-2007.
Subjects: 
employment protection
relocation
multinational enterprises
JEL: 
F23
L23
J88
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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