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Foreign ownership and its effects on employment and wages : the case of Sweden

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Summary, in English

In this paper, we study how foreign ownership of Swedish companies affects employment and wages. To study these effects, we specify a model based on the assumption that the Swedish labour market can be described as one where trade unions and employers bargain over employment and wages. Our hypothesis is that bargaining power is affected by institutional settings and the ownership of the firm. To test our hypothesis, we used a panel data set of 242 large Swedish manufacturing firms over the period 1980–2005. The results indicate no significant impact of foreign ownership on employment or wages in Sweden.

Publishing year

2016-04-29

Language

English

Pages

1-17

Publication/Series

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Volume

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Economics and Business

Keywords

  • Bargaining Power
  • Trade union
  • Employment
  • Wages
  • Bargaining power
  • Trade union
  • Employment
  • Wages
  • J30
  • J50
  • D21
  • C33

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2193-9012