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Outsourcing, foreign ownership and productivity : evidence from UK establishment level data

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - 2003

's productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. Our empirical results suggest that high wages …-owned firms have higher levels of outsourcing than domestic establishments. In the productivity analysis we find that an … establishment's outsourcing intensity is positively related to its labour productivity and total factor productivity growth and that …

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Evaluating the causal effects of foreign acquisition on domestic skilled and unskilled wages

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - 2003

This paper investigates the effects of the takeover of a domestic establishment by foreign owners on the domestic target?s development of wages for skilled and unskilled workers. We pay particular attention to identifying the causal effect, using a propensity score matching approach combined...

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Wage inequality, linkages and FDI

Driffield, Nigel; Girma, Sourafel; Henry, Michael; … - 2010

This paper extends the existing literature on FDI and wage inequality. We do this in two ways. Firstly, we incorporate more precise measures of inward investment into the model, by allowing for differences in the effects between horizontal and vertical FDI. Secondly, after establishing the...

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Wage inequality, linkages and FDI

Driffield, Nigel L.; Girma, Sourafel; Henry, Michael; … - 2010

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Evaluating the Causal Effects of Foreign Acquisition on Domestic Skilled and Unskilled Wages

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - 2021

This paper investigates the effects of the takeover of a domestic establishment by foreign owners on the domestic target's development of wages for skilled and unskilled workers. We pay particular attention to identifying the causal effect, using a propensity score matching approach combined...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319688

Outsourcing, foreign ownership and productivity: evidence from UK establishment level data

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - 2003

?s productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. Our empirical results suggest that high wages …-owned firms have higher levels of outsourcing than domestic establishments. In the productivity analysis we find that an … establishment?s outsourcing intensity is positively related to its labour productivity and total factor productivity growth and that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265428