Job Quality, FDI and Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

被引:4
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作者
Blanas, Sotiris [1 ]
Seric, Adnan [2 ]
Viegelahn, Christian [3 ]
机构
[1] Natl Bank Belgium, Econ & Res Dept, Blvd Berlaimont 14, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
[2] UNIDO, Vienna, Austria
[3] ILO, Geneva, Switzerland
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关键词
Job quality; FDI; Institutions; Sub-Saharan Africa; F14; F16; F21; F23; F66; FOREIGN DIRECT-INVESTMENT; DOMESTIC FIRMS; WAGE PREMIUM; LABOR; EMPLOYMENT; OWNERSHIP; WORKERS;
D O I
10.1057/s41287-019-00211-9
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Using a unique sample of foreign-owned and domestic firms in Sub-Saharan Africa, we study the differences in the quality of jobs that they offer, and identify how these differences are associated with country-level institutional factors. We find that foreign-owned firms offer more stable and secure jobs than domestic firms, as evidenced by their higher and lower shares of permanent full-time and temporary employment, respectively. The job stability and security advantage of foreign-owned firms is smaller in countries with higher firing costs and better governance, where domestic firms are likely to offer more stable and secure jobs. In addition, foreign-owned firms are less likely to offer unpaid work and have a lower share of these workers. They also have a higher average training intensity and pay higher wages to different types of workers. The wage premia of foreign-owned firms are lower in countries with higher governance and social policy standards, where domestic firms are likely to pay higher wages. Finally, we show that the job quality advantage of foreign-owned firms depends on the location of their parents, the mode of their establishment, their main business purpose and the most critical investment incentive received from the host country. ResumeUtilisant un echantillon unique d'entreprises etrangeres et nationales en Afrique subsaharienne, nous etudions les differences de qualite des emplois offerts et identifions comment sont-elles associees a des facteurs institutionnels propres aux pays. Nous trouvons que les entreprises etrangeres offrent des emplois plus stables et plus surs que les entreprises nationales, comme en temoigne leurs parts superieures en emplois permanents a temps plein et inferieures en emploi temporaires respectivement. Les avantages en matiere de stabilite et securite de l'emploi des entreprises etrangeres sont moindres dans les pays a couts de licenciement plus eleves et une meilleure gouvernance, oU les entreprises nationales sont susceptibles d'offrir plus d'emplois stables et surs. En outre, les entreprises etrangeres sont moins susceptibles d'offrir des emplois non remuneres et leur proportion de ce type de travailleurs est plus faible. L'intensite de leur formation moyenne et les salaires qu'elles payent aux differents types de travailleurs sontegalement plus eleves. Les primes de salaire des entreprises etrangeres sont plus faibles dans les pays ayant une meilleure qualite de la gouvernance et de la politique sociale, oU les entreprises nationales sont susceptibles de payer des salaires plus eleves. Enfin, nous montrons que l'avantage des entreprises etrangeres en matiere de qualite du travail depend de la localisation de leurs societe-meres, leur mode d'etablissement, leur principal objectif commercial et l'incitation a l'investissement la plus decisive recue du pays hote.
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页码:1287 / 1317
页数:31
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