Adjusting Labour Demand: Multinational vs. National Firms
A Cross-European Analysis
Giorgio Barba Navaretti
(University of Milan and Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano)
Daniele Checchi
(wTw, University of Milan)
Alessandro Turrini
(UNCTAD, University of Bergamo, CEPR and Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano)
October 2002
Paper prepared for the invited session on ‘Multinationals and Labour Markets’, annual meeting of the
European Economic Association, Venice August 22-24, 2002. The authors are extremely thankful to
Alessandra Tucci for skilful and very patient research assistance. This paper is part of the outcome of
the ‘Labour Market Effects of Foreign Direct Investments’ project, funded by the European
Commission under the Socio-Economic Research Programme.