Multinational Companies, Backward Linkages and Labour Demand Elasticities

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2506

University of Nottingham Research Paper No. 2006/49

32 Pages Posted: 17 Dec 2006

See all articles by Holger Görg

Holger Görg

University of Kiel; Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Michael E. Henry

Virginia Commonwealth University

Eric Strobl

École Polytechnique, Paris - Department of Economic Sciences; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Frank Walsh

National University of Ireland - University College Dublin

Date Written: 2006

Abstract

This paper investigates the link between nationality of ownership and wage elasticities of labour demand at the level of the plant. In particular, we examine whether labour demand in multinationals becomes less elastic with respect to the wage if the plant has backward linkages with the local economy. Our empirical evidence, based on a rich plant level dataset, shows that the extent of local linkages indeed generally reduces the wage elasticity of labour demand. This result is economically important and holds for a number of different specifications.

Keywords: labour demand, elasticities, linkages, multinational companies

JEL Classification: F23, J23, L23

Suggested Citation

Gorg, Holger and Henry, Michael E. and Strobl, Eric and Walsh, Frank, Multinational Companies, Backward Linkages and Labour Demand Elasticities (2006). IZA Discussion Paper No. 2506, University of Nottingham Research Paper No. 2006/49, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=951983 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.951983

Holger Gorg (Contact Author)

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Michael E. Henry

Virginia Commonwealth University ( email )

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Eric Strobl

École Polytechnique, Paris - Department of Economic Sciences ( email )

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Frank Walsh

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