Are workers with multinational experience a determinant in startup success?

Eóin T. Flaherty

No 202416, Working Papers from School of Economics, University College Dublin

Abstract: This paper examines whether former foreign MNE workers help domestic startup firms succeed. I find evidence consistent with the idea that, as founding workers, former MNE workers positively contribute to startup outcomes. However, this appears conditional on survival. Using an event study approach on Irish administrative data, I do not find evidence that the wages of workers present from startup increase after former MNE workers join domestic firms. Likewise, there is no differential increase in size for startups joined by former MNE workers and startups that were not yet joined by former MNE workers. The same is true when examining wage outcomes at the worker level, even distinguishing between directors and non-directors, high and low wage workers. Former MNE workers are the highest earners in startups, suggesting that they have a higher ability than their peers. Challenges in adapting to a much less specialised environment and better wage bargaining may partly explain why former MNE workers do not appear to help startup firms succeed any more than other workers without this experience.

Keywords: Foreign direct investment; Spillovers; Labour mobility; Linked employer-employee data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 F16 F23 J3 J31 J6 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 64 pages
Date: 2024-08
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