The wage and employment consequences of ownership change

Amess, Kevin, Girma, Sourafel and Wright, Mike (2013) The wage and employment consequences of ownership change. Managerial and Decision Economics, 35 (2). pp. 161-171. ISSN 0143-6570

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Abstract

This paper provides a comparative examination of the consequences of leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and corporate takeovers on employment growth and wage growth. Employing both difference-in-differences combined with propensity score matching and the control function approach, we find evidence that (i) wages remain unchanged after either a private equity (PE)-backed or non-PE-backed LBO, (ii) wages remain unchanged after an unrelated takeover and (iii) related takeovers have negative employment consequences, possibly because of rationalisation. Our evidence does not find strong support for intervention in the market for corporate control on the grounds of protecting employees' welfare.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/717603
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > Nottingham University Business School
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.2650
Depositing User: Wahid, Ms. Haleema
Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2014 12:24
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 16:38
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/2697

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