Determinants of Employment Growth at MNEs: Evidence from Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam
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- Sumon Kumar Bhaumik & Saul Estrin & Klaus E Meyer, 2007. "Determinants of Employment Growth at MNEs: Evidence from Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 49(1), pages 61-80, March.
- Bhaumik, Sumon K. & Estrin, Saul & Meyer, Klaus, 2004. "Determinants of Employment Growth at MNEs: Evidence from Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam," IZA Discussion Papers 1272, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
MNE; employment growth; control; institutions; FDI policy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2005-03-20 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2005-03-20 (Development)
- NEP-LAB-2005-03-20 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-SEA-2005-03-20 (South East Asia)
- NEP-TRA-2005-03-20 (Transition Economics)
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