Abstract
The media often cast foreign private equity firms as villains who gamble with local jobs. We use detailed registry data from Sweden to show that foreign buyouts have not affected workers’ labor market outcomes. But domestic buyouts have. They have increased unemployment incidence by a fifth, duration by a third, and lowered labor income by seven percent.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Peer-reviewed scientific journal | Economics Letters |
| Volume | 172 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISSN | 0165-1765 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 11.2018 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article - refereed |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
Keywords
- 511 Economics
- Buyouts
- Cross-border
- Employment
- Foreign
- LBOs
- Private equity
- Workers
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