Global Competition and the Labour Market

by Nigel Driffield

Overview

This study combines an industry level and a firm level analysis on the wage and employment effects of multinational companies. This has not been attempted in any previous work. In view of the results, important questions are raised regarding how global changes in the structure of production may affect labour markets and the organisation of work in the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783718656257
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/19/1996
Series:	Routledge Studies in Global Competition , #3
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Nigel Driffield (Aston University, UK)

Table of Contents

Literature review; the industry level study; the firm level study; implications for UK manufacturing; a bargaining model; the dynamic analysis; summary of results and concluding remarks.