Effect of Food Industry Mergers and Acquisitions on Employment and Wages
By Michael Ollinger, Sang V. Nguyen, Donald P. Blayney, Bill Chambers, and Ken Nelson
Economic Research Report No. (ERR-13) 38 pp,
December 2005
Empirical analysis of mergers and acquisitions in eight important food industries suggests that workers in acquired plants realized modest increases in employment and wages relative to other workers. Results also show that mergers and acquisitions reduced the likelihood of plant closures while high relative labor costs encouraged plant shutdowns. These results differ from commonly held views that mergers and acquisitions lead to fewer jobs, wage cuts, and plant shutdowns.
Keywords: Food product industries, mergers and acquisitions, plant closures, structural change, food processing, consolidation, grain processing, meat slaughter, dairy processing, ERS, USDA
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- Abstract, Acknowledgments, Contents, and Summary, 234 kb
- Introduction, 69 kb
- Merger and Acquisition Activity, 108 kb
- Data, 65 kb
- Plant Versus Firm-Level Analysis, 65 kb
- A Model of the Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on Plant Closures, 126 kb
- Empirical Results for the Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on Plant Closures, 91 kb
- Wage and Employment Equations and Empirical Results, 99 kb
- Discussion of the Link Between Plant Closures and the Labor Market, 66 kb
- Conclusion, 69 kb
- References, 94 kb
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Updated date: December 9, 2005
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