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

John Earle, Almos Telegdy and Gábor Antal ()
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Gábor Antal: Central European University

No 7095, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: 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 effects for firms and detailed worker groups, we find 12-28 percent effects on average wages. The wage effect mostly reverses for 983 foreign acquisitions later divested to domestic owners. We find positive effects for all worker types, occupations, and wage quantiles. The evidence implies little role for either measurement problems or residual selection, but suggests a strong cross-firm association of FDI wage premia with similar differentials in productivity.

Keywords: productivity; wage differentials; earnings; FDI; difference-in-differences matching; foreign acquisitions; employer effects; Hungary (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 F66 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2012-12
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Published - published as 'Foreign Ownership and Wages: Evidence from Hungary, 1986 -2008 ' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2017, 71 (2), 458 - 491

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