Multinational Companies, Backward Linkages and Labour Demand Elasticities
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Multinational Companies, Backward Linkages and Labour Demand Elasticities This paper investigates the link between nationality of ownership and wage elasticities of labour demand at the level of the plant. In particular, we examine whether labour demand in multinationals becomes less elastic with respect to the wage if the plant has backward linkages with the local economy. Our empirical evidence, based on a rich plant level dataset, shows that the extent of local linkages indeed generally reduces the wage elasticity of labour demand. This result is economically important and holds for a number of different specifications. JEL Classification: F23, J23, L23
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