Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/190828 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Citation: 
[Journal:] Work, Employment and Society [ISSN:] 1469-8722 [Volume:] 28 [Issue:] 6 [Publisher:] Sage Publications [Place:] Thousand Oaks, CA [Year:] 2014 [Pages:] 926-945
Publisher: 
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA
Abstract: 
The eastern enlargement of the European Union has prompted heated debates about social dumping related to labour standards and industrial relations. Capital mobility is seen as a crucial social dumping mechanism. The article uses time-series-cross-section data for the years 1999–2008 to analyse the determinants of capital flows (FDI) to European countries. It compares German and US FDI in the automotive and chemical industry. The article shows that FDI is influenced by labour standards (in particular protection against dismissals) and industrial relations factors and can be a social dumping mechanism. There are, however, differences according to the industries and the home countries of the investors. US companies try to avoid coordinated collective bargaining, while German companies consider government intervention in collective bargaining negative. The degree of unionization shows no effect on attractiveness for FDI.
Subjects: 
automotive industry
chemical industry
European Union
foreign direct investment
Germany
industrial relations
social dumping
trade unions
USA
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Additional Information: 
Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich / This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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