Acquisitions, Multinationals, and Wage Dispersion

Fredrik Heyman, Fredrik Sjöholm and Patrik Tingvall

No 222, EIJS Working Paper Series from Stockholm School of Economics, The European Institute of Japanese Studies

Abstract: Multinational firms pay relatively high wages. Less is known about the wage structure within multinational and non-multinational firms. We examine the impact of acquisitions on wage dispersion in Sweden using a large matched employer-employee data set. Foreign acquisitions of Swedish firms increase wage dispersion by increasing wages for high-skilled workers. The positive impact is concentrated to CEOs and managers, whereas other groups are either negatively affected or not affected at all. The impact on high-skilled workers’ wages seems to be caused by the acquisition rather than the ownership itself, since ownership changes from foreign to Swedish result in similar increases.

Keywords: FDI; Multinational Companies; Foreign ownership; Wage-Dispersion; Skill groups; Matched Employer-Employee data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 F23 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2006-01-10
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