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Openness and Technological Innovation in East Asia : Have They Increased the Demand for Skills?

Almeida, Rita - 2009

This paper asks whether the increased openness and technological innovation in East Asia have contributed to an increased demand for skills in the region. We explore a unique firm level data set across eight countries. Our results strongly support the idea that greater openness and technology...

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FDI and Wages : Evidence from Firm-Level and Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary, 1986-2008

Earle, John S. - 2013

We estimate the wage effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) with universal firm-level and linked employer …-employee panel data containing 4,926 foreign acquisitions in Hungary. Matching on pre-acquisition data and controlling for fixed … strong cross-firm association of FDI wage premia with similar differentials in productivity …

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Wage Inequality, Linkages and FDI

Driffield, Nigel L. - 2010

This paper extends the existing literature on FDI and wage inequality. We do this in two ways. Firstly, we incorporate … and vertical FDI. Secondly, after establishing the effects that inward investment has on wage inequality, we then analyse … has on this. We illustrate the important differences that horizontal and vertical FDI have on both wages and wage …

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Gender Pay Gap Patterns in Domestic and Foreign-Owned Firms

Magda, Iga - 2019

that has experienced large FDI inflows over the past three decades. In line with the findings of several other studies, we …

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Wage Gains from Foreign Ownership : Evidence from Linked Employer–Employee Data

Köll?, János - 2020

We compare wages in multinational enterprises (MNEs) versus domestic firms, the earnings of domestic firm workers with past, future and no MNE experience, and estimate how the presence of ex-MNE peers affects the earnings of domestic firm employees. The analysis relies on monthly panel data...

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Foreign Ownership, Employment and Wages in Brazil : Evidence from Acquisitions, Divestments and Job Movers

Martins, Pedro S. - 2008

How much do developing countries benefit from foreign investment? We contribute to this question by comparing the employment and wage practices of foreign and domestic firms in Brazil, using detailed matched firm-worker panel data. In order to control for unobserved worker differences, we...

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Earnings and Employment in Foreign-Owned Firms

Maré, David C. - 2014

This paper examines remuneration and labour mobility patterns among workers in foreign-owned firms operating in New Zealand. By tracking workers as they move across jobs, we document the extent of the "foreign wage premium" distinguishing between compositional factors (eg, differences in...

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Domestic Multinationals, Foreign Affiliates, and Labour Demand Elasticities

Godart, Olivier N. - 2012

Using information on a panel of multinational firms operating in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2005, we find that labour demand in domestic multinationals is less sensitive to labour cost changes than in foreign multinationals. This difference in the wage elasticity of labour demand persists...

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Earnings, Schooling and Economic Reform : Econometric Evidence from Hungary (1986-2004)

Campos, Nauro; Jolliffe, Dean - 2007

How does the relationship between earnings and schooling change with the introduction of comprehensive economic reform? This paper sheds light on this question using a unique data set and procedure to reduce sample selection bias. Our evidence is from consistently coded, non-retrospective data...

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The Distribution of the Gender Wage Gap : An Equilibrium Model

Bhalotra, Sonia; Fernández, Manuel; Wang, Fan - 2022

We develop an equilibrium model of the labor market to investigate the joint evolution of gender gaps in labor force participation and wages. We do this overall and by task-based occupation and skill, which allows us to study distributional effects. We structurally estimate the model using data...

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