The effects of internationalisation on domestic labour demand by skills: Firm-level evidence for Belgium
We empirically investigate the effects of the internationalisation of Belgian firms on domestic demand for production and non-production workers, which are used as proxies for unskilled and skilled labour. Distinction is made between home-employment effects of firms’ internationalisation, through either international trade or outward foreign direct investment, in highincome countries and in low-income economies. The results of our econometric analysis, using data over 1997-2007, suggest that increasing import shares from low-income countries or investing in those countries significantly reduce... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2010 |
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Brussels: National Bank of Belgium
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Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / C23 / F16 / F21 / labour demand / international trade / outward FDI / skilled and unskilled labour / Globalisierung / Auslandsinvestition / Arbeitsnachfrage / Fachkräfte / Ungelernte Arbeitskräfte / Belgien |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26606075 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/144418 |