CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Rotari, Victor |
|---|---|
| Title | Fdi And National Labor Regulation. Case Study Of The Automotive Industry In Hungary And The Slovak Republic |
| Summary | This thesis explores the different ways in which Slovakia and Hungary managed their public policies in response to the need to attract foreign direct investment. It uses data from various labor protection databases quantifying leximetric indicators to compare the outcomes for the protection of workers in both countries. It also showcases the German automotive giant Volkswagen, to see if or how their investments influenced or were influenced by changes in the national legislation regarding labor standards and regulations in Hungary and the Slovak Republic, in the Post-Socialist period as means to explain the diversity in outcomes. Although very similar in many regards, the two Visegrad countries have responded differently to the pressures of the corporation's interests in the never-ending race to the bottom of attracting investments and creating jobs. The paper uses focused comparison to see the way the two countries arrived at different outcomes for their citizens while being courted by similar investors and having all other circumstances in high similarity. |
| Supervisor | Corduneanu-Huci, Cristina |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/rotari_victor.pdf |
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