Volatile multinationals? Evidence from the labor demand of German firms
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Volatile multinationals? Evidence from the labor demand of German firms
Does more FDI make the world a riskier place for workers? We analyze whether an increase in multinational firms’ activities is associated with an increase in firm-level employment volatility. We use a firm-level dataset for Germany which allows us to distinguish between purely domestic firms, domestic multinationals, their foreign affiliates, and foreign firms that are active in Germany. We dec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Labour Economics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0927-5371
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.06.004