Publikationer

Utländska multinationella företagsuppköp av lokala företag har viktiga implikationer för arbetskraften. Vi finner att arbetstagare i sådana uppköpta företag har en relativt hög benägenhet att byta arb…

Runt om i världen sker stora satsningar på grön teknologi. Denna utveckling har ett strategiskt element där de stora ekonomierna positionerar sig för att dominera vad som bedöms vara en viktig framtid…

EU har blivit mer inåtvänt. Detta beror i huvudsak på förändringar i omvärlden, där ekonomisk politik i såväl Kina som USA haft stor påverkan på den europeiska utvecklingen. Den nya europeiska hållnin…

Denna studie undersöker sambandet mellan företags exportintensitet och vilka rekryteringsstrategier som företagen använder sig av. Vi finner att exportintensiva företag i högre utsträckning anställer…

Kina lanserade 2013 det s.k. Sidenvägsinitiativet (Belt and Road Initiative, BRI). Vi finner att syftet med BRI främst är att komma till rätta med inhemska kinesiska obalanser. BRI har vidare lett til…

Internationell handel kräver kunskap om utländska preferenser, distributionssystem, lagar och regler. Företag kan tillgodogöra sig denna kunskap genom att anställa personer som invandrat från dessa lä…

Vi utvecklar en teoretisk modell där företag skiljer sig åt avseende anställdas produktivitet och färdigheter och undersöker hur globalisering påverkar lönefördelningen och karriärvägar för arbetstaga…

I denna studie undersöker vi hur globalisering påverkar olika arbetsmarknadsutfall. Vår analys visar att ökad internationalisering påverkar vilka typer av anställda som efterfrågas i olika företag. Vi…

Efterfrågeförändringar har mycket olika påverkan på sysselsättning i olika länder. Detta gäller såväl i hög- som i lågkonjunktur. Vi finner att denna skillnad till viss del förklaras av skillnader i f…

I denna studie undersöks sambandet mellan graden av företags internationalisering och förekomsten av olika yrken. Forskarna finner att internationellt verksamma företag har anställda som i högre grad…

We construct a task-based model of the firm’s choice of occupational inputs to examine how that choice varies with greater global engagement. We assume that more complex tasks are more costly to comple…

This paper focuses on the ability of the labor market to efficiently match heterogeneous workers to jobs within a given industry and the role that globalization plays in that process. Using matched wor…

We revisit the question how inward FDI and multinational ownership affect relative labor demand. Motivated by the recent literature that distinguish between skills and tasks, we argue that the impact…

The People's Republic of China (PRC) is currently promoting indigenous technology development through support of Chinese firms and, arguably, by restricting operations of foreign multinational firms.…

Many developing countries would like to increase employment in the formal sectors. One way to accomplish this goal may be to encourage the entrance of foreign firms. We examine employment growth in In…

Large segments of the rural Timorese population survive on subsistence farming characterized by simple production methods and low output. Broad-based improvements in Timorese living standards require…

Recent theoretical analysis suggests that a reduction in the cost of exporting increases the degree of assortative matching between workers and firms in export-oriented industries. Changes that reduce…

We examine the impact of cross-border acquisitions on intra-firm wage dispersion using a detailed Swedish linked employer-employee data set including data on all firms and about 50% of the Swedish lab…

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been important in the growth and global integration of developing economies. Both Northeast and Southeast Asia, especially the latter, have been part of this develo…

This paper attempts to measure the size of South–South foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing East Asia and the trends in it, the characteristics of the investing countries, and the investments…

Science & Technology (S&T) is high on the Chinese policy agenda and the country aims at becoming an innovation-driven economy. Small firms have been important in technology development in othe…

China needs a substantial growth of modern-sector employment to absorb its huge supply of underemployed people and new labor market entrants. The present crisis with its massive layoffs of workers mak…

The increase in foreign direct investments raises concerns about labor market consequences in many countries. It is feared that multinational firms are inclined to shift jobs abroad and increase job vo…

Timor-Leste began its independence as one of the poorest nations in the world. Substantial progress has been made thereafter but the challenges for future development are numerous. High population gro…

This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on employment in the Chinese manufacturing sector. As one of the world's largest recipients of FDI, China has arguably benefited from…

Most firms and plants in developing countries produce only for the domestic market and few are able to export. One plausible hypothesis is that foreign networks decrease export costs and that plants w…

Cambodia has been growing rapidly over the past few years, but remains one of the poorest countries in East Asia. This paper analyzes rural poverty in Cambodia to identify the factors that explain its…

Timor-Leste is among the youngest nations in the world. It began its independence under difficult circumstances: poverty is widespread, education is poor, the industrial sector is non-existent, and pol…

Numerous studies on firm-level data have reported higher average wages in foreign-owned firms than in domestically owned firms. This, however, does not necessarily imply that the individual worker's w…

This article examines the question of trust in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a special focus on the role of ethnicity. We find generalised trust to be low and declining in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Moreove…