Do Exporters Really Pay Higher Wages? First Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data
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Many plant-level studies find that average wages in exporting firms are higher than in non-exporting firms from the same industry and region. This paper uses a large set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to analyze this exporter wage premium. We show that the wage differential becomes smaller but does not completely vanish when observable and unobservable characteristics of the employees and of the work place are controlled for. For example, blue-collar (white-collar) employees working in a plant with an export-sales ratio of 60 percent earn about 1.8 (0.9) percent more than similar employees in otherwise identical non-exporting plants.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Microeconometrics of International Trade |
| Editors | Joachim Wagner |
| Number of pages | 37 |
| Publisher | World Scientific Publishing Co. |
| Publication date | 01.07.2016 |
| Pages | 177-213 |
| ISBN (print) | 9789813109681 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9789813109698, 978-981-3109-70-4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 01.07.2016 |
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- exporter wage premium, Exports, Germany, linked employer- employee data, wages
- Economics