Foreign-owned plants and job security

Abstract

"We investigate the hypothesis that workers in foreign-owned plants face greater job insecurity than those in domestic-owned plants. Using linked employer-employee data from Germany, we examine whether foreign-owned plants are more likely to close down, and whether workers in foreign-owned plants face higher separation rates. Our results show that, in Germany, foreign-owned plants per se are not associated with greater job insecurity, either through plant exit or worker separation. However, small, non-exporting and privately owned foreign-owned plants do face a higher risk of closure than equivalent domestic plants." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Andrews, M., Bellmann, L., Schank, T. & Upward, R. (2012): Foreign-owned plants and job security. In: Review of world economics, Vol. 148, No. 1, p. 89-117. DOI:10.1007/s10290-011-0110-1