Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/2937 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 706
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper investigates whether the acquisition of a domestic establishment by a foreign owner has any effects on the survival prospects and employment growth of that plant. The analysis uses plant level data for the UK electronics and food industries for the period 1980 to 1993. We control for possible endogeneity using a matched sample of firms and instrumental variables. Estimating a standard hazard model yields the result that foreign takeover reduces the liftetime of the acquired plant in both the electronics and food sectors. Estimations of the determinants of employment growth in domestic plants provide some evidence that the incidence of takeover reduces employment growth, in particular for unskilled labour in the electronics industry. There is no significant effect for the food sector, however.
Subjects: 
acquisitions
survival
employment growth
foreign direct investment
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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