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dc.titleOn Foreign Participation and Hiring Patterns After Privatization
dc.contributor.authorGaldo, Virgilio
dc.contributor.authorChong, Alberto E.
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.date.available2011-02-07T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2006-03-15T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractCritics of globalization claim that foreign ownership of privatized firms is linked to negative post-privatization labor outcomes, such as more firing and less hiring. This paper uses new firm-level data for a cross section of countries to test this idea and provides evidence that foreign purchasers of state-owned enterprises tend to acquire firms that were already better restructured before privatization. Additionally, this paper does not find evidence that foreign participation in privatized firms is linked to negative labor outcomes.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010849
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/On-Foreign-Participation-and-Hiring-Patterns-After-Privatization.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectInvestment
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectPublic Utility
dc.subject.keywordsWP-550
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
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