The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Wages and Working Conditions
Author : Elena Arnal
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Page : 39 pages
File Size : 46,37 MB
Release : 2008
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Author : Elena Arnal
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Page : 39 pages
File Size : 46,37 MB
Release : 2008
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Page : pages
File Size : 15,18 MB
Release : 2008
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Author : Sara Safarian
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,55 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Foreign trade and employment
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The activities of multinationals abroad have inspired both praise and criticism: Praise for the potential benefits they impart and criticism for social concerns they arouse. Do multinationals largely exploit their workers abroad with regard to wages and working conditions or are these criticisms unfounded? This paper surveys the existing literature on this subject in order to evaluate the impact of foreign direct investment on host countries, most particularly in the area of wages and working conditions. The final analysis concurs with previous research and suggests that, on the whole, multinational enterprises have a positive effect on wages, albeit more in developing countries than in developed countries. The evidence regarding working conditions is not as clear. While there is some evidence to demonstrate that multinational companies provide better working conditions than their domestic counterparts, opposing evidence demonstrating poor conditions or comparable conditions to that of domestic firms is much stronger.
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Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 16,26 MB
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Author : Rita Almeida
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Corporations, Foreign
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Author : Lex Zhao
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,51 MB
Release : 1998
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This paper studies the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on wages and employment. When labor-management bargaining is industry-wide, two effects of FDI are identified: the collusion effect and the threat-point effect. It is shown that (i) FDI always reduces the negotiated wage, and (ii) FDI reduces union employment and the competitive wage if the union cares more about employment than wages or is equally concerned about employment and wages. However, if labor-management bargaining is firm-specific and unionization is industry-wide, then the above effects of FDI are substantially reduced.
Author : Robert E. Baldwin
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Page : 84 pages
File Size : 26,53 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Employment (Economic theory)
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Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,60 MB
Release : 2002-09-24
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ISBN : 9264199284
Provides a comprehensive review of the issues related to the impact of FDI on development as well as to the policies needed to maximise the benefits.
Author : Robert J. Flanagan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 22,33 MB
Release : 2006-07-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 019804173X
This book explains how three major mechanisms of globalization international trade, international migration, and the activities of multinational companies have altered working conditions and labor rights around the world during the late 20th century. Drawing on analyses of a database on international labor conditions assembled for this project and a growing research literature on globalization and labor conditions, the book finds that trade, migration, and multinational companies are associated with improvements in world labor conditions.
Author : David Kucera
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 20,55 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Investments, Foreign, and employment
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