Leibrecht, Markus, Bellak, Christian. 2009. Does the impact of employment protection legislation on FDI differ by the low-skill intensity of sectors? An empirical investigation. The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy Research Papers 21/2009.
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Abstract
In line with previous literature this paper finds that employment protection legislation, especially regulations towards regular employment, has a negative impact on the volume of inward Foreign Direct Investment. Yet, we also find that the deterrent effect of inflexible labor markets is predominantly given for industries with relatively high shares of low skilled workers employed. This result is consistent with the view that high exit costs due to strict employment protection legislation matters particularly for mobile industries like the textile, food and wood industries which continuously seek for low labor cost locations
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Status of publication | Published |
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Affiliation | WU |
Type of publication | Working/discussion paper, preprint |
Language | English |
Title | Does the impact of employment protection legislation on FDI differ by the low-skill intensity of sectors? An empirical investigation |
Title of whole publication | The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy Research Papers 21/2009 |
Year | 2009 |
URL | http://www.gep.org.uk/leverhulme/publications/Papers/2009/2009_21.php |
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- Projects
- F 2012 - Causes and Consequences of FDI in Central and East European Countries and the Implications for Tax Coordination in the Enlarged Europe
- F2013: Linking Infrastructure and Taxes as Determinants of Multinational Activity: An Empirical Study of Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern European Countries
- People
- Leibrecht, Markus (Former researcher)
- Bellak, Christian (Details)
- Organization
- Institute for Public Sector Economics IN (Details)
- Research Institute for International Taxation FI (Details)
- Institute for Economic Policy and Industrial Economics IN (Details)