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Title: Swedish Multinationals and Competition from High- and Low-Wage Locations

Author(s): Henrik Braconier and Karolina Ekholm

Publication Date: December 1999

Keyword(s): Labour Demand, Multinational Firms and Vertically Integrated Firms

Programme Area(s): International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: This study uses data on Swedish multinationals to estimate cross elasticities of labour demand in different locations. With a vertical decomposition of the firm's activities, whether there is substitution or complementarity between employment in different parts of the firm will depend on whether wage changes lead to a relocation of activities or simply to changes in marginal costs and/or demand for inputs in other parts of the firms. We find that there is some evidence of a substitutionary relationship between employment in the Swedish parts of the firms and employment in other high-income locations, but we do not find any evidence of substitution stemming from employment in low-income locations. We find mainly a relationship of complementarity between employment in different affiliates.

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Braconier, H and Ekholm, K. 1999. 'Swedish Multinationals and Competition from High- and Low-Wage Locations'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=2323