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Foreign-owned establishments in the United States pay higher wages, on average, than domestically-owned establishments … wages in favor of foreign establishments remains even when these other determinants of wages are taken into account. Within … manufacturing, the extent of foreign ownership in an industry in a state had no impact on wages in 1987 when these other factors …
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Many economists studying America's wage divergence in the 1980's have concluded that its primary cause was a within-industry shift in relative labor demand toward the more-skilled. Following the modeling framework and empirical methods developed in Slaughter (1993), in this paper I try to...
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the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the share of skilled labor in total wages in Mexico using state …In this paper, we examine the increase in the relative wages of skilled workers in Mexico during the 1980s. We argue … FDI using data on the regional activities of foreign- owned assembly plants. We find that growth in FDI is positively …
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In this paper we examine the reduction in the relative employment and wages of unskilled workers in the U.S. during the …
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significantly affects U.S. inward foreign direct investment. We find no evidence that relative wages have a significant impact on …
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1987 and Current Population Survey (CPS) data for 1971 and 1988 to analyze how this dramatic decline in the gender gap was …. These 'gender-specific' factors were more than sufficient to counterbalance changes in both measured and unmeasured prices … observed relative changes in the gender gap among skill groups, specifically a faster closing of the gap at the bottom of the …
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the observed gender differences in expected earnings profiles. We also find no evidence that gender differences in …
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This paper analyzes the effects of differential turnover patterns and the existence of firm specific training, jointly financed by employer and employee, on male-female wage and employment differentials. Chapter 1 introduces the topic of sex differences in occupational distribution and...
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Aiming to reduce the gender wage gap, several states and cities have recently adopted legislation that prohibits …-in-difference and synthetic control approaches, we find the gender earnings ratio increased by 1 percent in states with SHBs. We find … these population wide increases are driven by an increase of the gender earnings ratio for households with all children over …
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Wages in domestically- owned Indonesian manufacturing plants taken over by foreign firms increased sharply between the … levels in these plants had been less than 10 per cent above and white- collar wages more than 10 per cent below those in … their industries a year before takeover. Two years after takeover both were more than 50 per cent above average. Wages in …
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