large, positive, but offsetting in Hungary and Romania, and from small effects of both types in Russia and Ukraine. The … dominates the efficiency effect. -- privatization ; employment ; wages ; foreign ownership ; Hungary ; Romania ; Russia …

universal firm-level panel data and linked employer-employee data for Hungary. Our identification strategy exploits a 23 year … acquisitions ; FDI ; earnings ; wage differentials ; productivity ; difference-in differences matching ; Hungary …

-employee panel data containing 4,926 foreign acquisitions in Hungary. Matching on pre-acquisition data and controlling for fixed … ; earnings ; wage differentials ; productivity ; difference-in-differences matching ; employer effects ; Hungary …

Hungary and Russia are small (3-5%) negative wage effects found. Privatization to foreign investors has positive estimated … result from effects on scale, productivity, and costs that are large but offsetting in Hungary and Romania, and from small … effect that dominates the effect on costreduction. -- privatization ; employment ; wages ; foreign ownership ; Hungary …