Paying More to Hire the Best? Foreign Firms, Wages and Worker Mobility

Pedro Martins

No 17, Working Papers from Queen Mary, University of London, School of Business and Management, Centre for Globalisation Research

Abstract: In the context of the debate on the labour-market consequences of globalisation, we examine worker mobility in order to identify the wage differences between foreign and domestic firms. Using matched employer-employee panel data for Portugal, we consider virtually all spells of interfirm mobility over a period of ten years. We find that foreign firms offer significantly more generous wage policies, although there is also a (smaller) selection effect. The results are robust to the consideration of wage growth differences, the case of displaced workers and different subsets of workers.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Worker Displacement; Wage Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 J31 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-07
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Journal Article: PAYING MORE TO HIRE THE BEST? FOREIGN FIRMS, WAGES, AND WORKER MOBILITY (2011)
Working Paper: Paying More to Hire the Best? Foreign Firms, Wages and Worker Mobility (2008)
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