Foreign ownership and its effects on employment and wages : the case of Sweden
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Summary, in Swedish
In this paper, we study how foreign ownership of Swedish companies affects employment and wages. To study these effects, we specify a model based on
the assumption that the Swedish labour market can be described as one where
trade unions and employers bargain over employment and wages. Our hypothesis is
that bargaining power is affected by institutional settings and the ownership of the
firm. To test our hypothesis, we used a panel data set of 242 large Swedish
manufacturing firms over the period 1980–2005. The results indicate no significant
impact of foreign ownership on employment or wages in Sweden.
the assumption that the Swedish labour market can be described as one where
trade unions and employers bargain over employment and wages. Our hypothesis is
that bargaining power is affected by institutional settings and the ownership of the
firm. To test our hypothesis, we used a panel data set of 242 large Swedish
manufacturing firms over the period 1980–2005. The results indicate no significant
impact of foreign ownership on employment or wages in Sweden.
Publiceringsår
2016-04-29
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1-17
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
IZA Journal of European Labor Studies
Volym
5
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Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Economics and Business
Nyckelord
- Bargaining Power
- Trade union
- Employment
- Wages
- Bargaining power
- Trade union
- Employment
- Wages
- J30
- J50
- D21
- C33
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 2193-9012