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The jobs at risk from globalization: the French case

Laffineur, Catherine; Mouhoud, El Mouhoub (2015), The jobs at risk from globalization: the French case, Review of World Economics, 151, 3, p. 477-531. 10.1007/s10290-015-0221-1

Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2015-05
Journal name
Review of World Economics
Volume
151
Number
3
Publisher
Springer
Pages
477-531
Publication identifier
10.1007/s10290-015-0221-1
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Author(s)
Laffineur, Catherine

Mouhoud, El Mouhoub
Abstract (EN)
This article analyzes the effect of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) on the workforce composition in French firms. We use a detailed employer-employee database constructed with four comprehensive datasets of French manufacturing firms over the period 2002–2007, in order to analyze changes in the workforce composition in terms of skills and tasks. To deal with endogeneity issues, we propose an IV strategy where the level of infrastructure and GDP per capita in the host countries are used as instruments. The fixed effect results show that FDI to low-income countries raises significantly the share of executives and reduces the share of blue-collar workers in company workforces in France. Outward FDI to high-income countries affects negatively the share of workers performing non-routine manual tasks. When controlling for endogeneity, the IV results further show an overall positive effect of offshoring for employees performing interactive and analytical tasks, such as engineers and managers.
Subjects / Keywords
FDI; Tasks; Inequality; Trade; labor market
JEL
J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
F14 - Empirical Studies of Trade

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