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Aussenhandel und Auslandsproduktion im Dienstleistungssektor : Theorie und Empirie der Beschäftigungseffekte für die schweizerische Tourismusbranche
Journal
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik
ISSN
0303-9692
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2003-04-01
Author(s)
Ziegler, Alexandre
Abstract (De)
This paper analyses the potential employment effects of foreign direct investment in the Swiss services industry. First, the theoretical analysis considers the consequences on domestic employment resulting from the specific characteristics of services compared with those of industrial goods. It is demonstrated that conventional research in this field systematically ignores important factors which influence domestic employment. We point out that, not only the degree of tradability of services, but also the mobility of consumers and producers, as well as the motives underlying the decisions for foreign investment have a crucial influence on the consequences to be expected for the domestic labour market. Second, an initial attempt is undertaken to empirically test our theoretical framework. It is shown for the Swiss tourism industry that the obtained results are to a large extent consistent with the theoretical predictions.
Language
German
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Helbing & Lichtenhahn
Publisher place
Basel
Volume
139
Number
4
Start page
535
End page
561
Pages
27
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
879