Foreign owners and perceived job insecurity in Germany : evidence from linked employer-employee data

Verena Dill and Uwe Jirjahn

Using linked employer-employee data from Germany, we examine the role of foreign owners in employees' perceptions of job insecurity. Our estimates show that there tends to be a positive link between foreign owners and perceived job insecurity. The link is specifically strong for foreign-owned firms with high personnel turnover or poor employment growth. It is also stronger if the foreign-owned firm provides managerial profit sharing. However, the link is negative for foreign-owned firms with product innovations.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Dill, Verena ; Jirjahn, Uwe
Publisher:	Trier : Univ.
Subject:	Foreign ownership \| perceived job insecurity \| managerial profit sharing \| personnel turnover \| product innovation \| Deutschland \| Germany \| Beschäftigungssicherung \| Job security \| Arbeitsmobilität \| Labour mobility \| Multinationales Unternehmen \| Transnational corporation \| Auslandsinvestition \| Foreign investment \| Erfolgsbeteiligung \| Profit sharing \| Eigentümerstruktur \| Ownership structure