TY - JOUR
T1 - Regional Foreign Direct Investment and Wage Spillovers: Plant Level Evidence from the UK Electronics Industry
AU - Driffield, Nigel
AU - Girma, S
PY - 2003/9/1
Y1 - 2003/9/1
N2 - This paper examines the extent to which foreign investment in the UK generates wage spillovers in the domestic sector of the economy using a simultaneous dynamic panel data model and focusing on the electronics sector, possibly the most 'globalized' sector of UK manufacturing. It finds evidence that the higher wages paid by foreign firms cause wages in the domestic sector to be bid up. This phenomenon is, however, largely confined to the region where foreign direct investment takes place.
AB - This paper examines the extent to which foreign investment in the UK generates wage spillovers in the domestic sector of the economy using a simultaneous dynamic panel data model and focusing on the electronics sector, possibly the most 'globalized' sector of UK manufacturing. It finds evidence that the higher wages paid by foreign firms cause wages in the domestic sector to be bid up. This phenomenon is, however, largely confined to the region where foreign direct investment takes place.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0043026637&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1468-0084.t01-1-00057
DO - 10.1111/1468-0084.t01-1-00057
M3 - Article
VL - 65
SP - 453
EP - 474
JO - Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
JF - Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
IS - 4
ER -
