Foster-McGregor, Neil, Isaksson, Anders, Kaulich, Florian. 2015. Foreign Ownership and Labour in Sub-Saharan African Firms. African Development Review (Revue africaine de développement) 27 (2): S. 130-144.
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Abstract
We examine whether foreign-owned firms pay higher wages and have higher employment than domestically owned firms using survey data from 19 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Our results indicate that foreign-owned firms pay higher average wages than domestically owned firms, with the wage premium found to be higher for white-collar workers. We find little evidence of a positive employment effect of foreign ownership, though the evidence suggests a positive employment effect of Chinese ownership on workers in manufacturing.
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| Status of publication | Published |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | WU |
| Type of publication | Journal article |
| Journal | African Development Review (Revue africaine de développement) |
| Language | English |
| Title | Foreign Ownership and Labour in Sub-Saharan African Firms |
| Volume | 27 |
| Number | 2 |
| Year | 2015 |
| Page from | 130 |
| Page to | 144 |
| Reviewed? | Y |
| URL | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8268.12129/abstract |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12129 |
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- People
- Kaulich, Florian (Details)
- External
- Foster-McGregor, Neil (United Nations University -- Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institut, Netherlands)
- Isaksson, Anders (United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO))
- Organization
- Institute for International Economics and Development IN (Details)
- Research areas (ÖSTAT Classification 'Statistik Austria')
- 5300 Economics (Details)
- 5334 Political economic policy (Details)
- 5344 Foreign trade (Details)