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Multinational Location Decisions And The Impact On Labour Markets

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  • Gaston, Noel
  • Nelson, Douglas

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Foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown far more rapidly than trade during the last two decades. As with the other prominent features of globalisation, FDI is controversial. The impact of FDI on labour markets has been of growing concern, particularly, for source countries. The deterioration of labour market conditions for unskilled workers in many OECD countries during the 1980's and 1990's was a primary catalyst for the concern. As for its impact on labour markets, FDI may have effects that, at least in the short- and medium-run, may well dwarf the effects of trade and immigration. In this paper, we present a simple partial equilibrium model that focusses on the location decisions of multinational firms. We use the model to analyse the effects of higher labour standards, a "race-to-the-bottom" and capital market integration.

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  • Gaston, Noel & Nelson, Douglas, 2001. "Multinational Location Decisions And The Impact On Labour Markets," Discussion Papers 18747, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ubzefd:18747
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.18747
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    1. Minas Vlassis & Stefanos Mamakis, 2014. "Union Structure and Inward FDI Focusing on Reservation Wage Factor Analysis," Working Papers 1403, University of Crete, Department of Economics.
    2. Minas Vlassis & Stefanos Mamakis, 2014. "Optimal Strategies in Unionized Oligopoly and Inward FDI," Working Papers 1402, University of Crete, Department of Economics.

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