TY  - JOUR
AU  - Griffith, Rachel
AU  - Simpson, Helen
TI  - Characteristics of Foreign-Owned Firms in British Manufacturing
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 9573
PY  - 2003
Y2  - March 2003
DO  - 10.3386/w9573
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w9573
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w9573.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Rachel Griffith
IFS
7 Ridgmont Street
London WC1E 7AE
UK
E-Mail: rachel.griffith@manchester.ac.uk

Helen Simpson
Department of Economics  
University of Bristol 
8 Woodland Rd 
Bristol, BS8 1TN 
United Kingdom
E-Mail: Helen.Simpson@bristol.ac.uk
M1  - published as Rachel Griffith, Helen Simpson. "Characteristics of Foreign-Owned Firms in British Manufacturing," in David Card, Richard Blundell and Richard B. Freeman, editors, "Seeking a Premier Economy: The Economic Effects of British Economic Reforms, 1980-2000" University of Chicago Press (2004)

AB  - This paper describes the characteristics of manufacturing establishments in Britain over the period 1980 to 1996, paying particular attention to differences between establishments of different ownership nationalities. The findings suggest that establishments that are always foreign-owned have significantly higher labour productivity than those that remain under domestic ownership. In addition, labour productivity improves faster over time and faster with age in foreign-owned establishments. The difference in labour productivity is matched by an equivalent difference in levels of investment per employee. Establishments that change ownership nationality do not seem to experience very large changes in labour productivity levels. The proportion of skilled workers in the workplace, and wages for both skilled and operative workers are higher in foreign-owned establishments than domestic-owned, in line with differences in labour productivity.
ER  -