Employment in manufacturing and services in affiliates under foreign control As a percentage of total employment, 2005 or latest available year Source: OECD The shares of foreign affiliates in manufacturing employment show considerable variation across OECD countries ranging from under 15% in Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States to 35% or more in the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, the Slovak Republic and Ireland. Employment in service sector foreign affiliates is lower in all countries although as noted above, comparability is affected in several countries by the exclusion of employment in banking and insurance services. In the period from 1999 to 2005, employment in foreign-controlled manufacturing affiliates grew or remained stable in all countries for which data are available except Spain and Ireland, where the rate slightly fell and in Belgium, Luxembourg and the United States where the shares have remained fairly stable. Particularly sharp increases were recorded by
