Characteristics of Foreign-Owned Firms in British Manufacturing / Rachel Griffith, Helen Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffith, Rachel.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Simpson, Helen.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w9573.

NBER working paper series no. w9573

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2003.

Summary:

This paper describes the characteristics of manufacturing establishments in Britain over the period 1980 to 1996, paying particular attention to differences between establishments of different ownership nationalities. The findings suggest that establishments that are always foreign-owned have significantly higher labour productivity than those that remain under domestic ownership. In addition, labour productivity improves faster over time and faster with age in foreign-owned establishments. The difference in labour productivity is matched by an equivalent difference in levels of investment per employee. Establishments that change ownership nationality do not seem to experience very large changes in labour productivity levels. The proportion of skilled workers in the workplace, and wages for both skilled and operative workers are higher in foreign-owned establishments than domestic-owned, in line with differences in labour productivity.

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Print version record

March 2003.