We estimate the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) acquisitions on firm-average and worker-specific wages using … on average wages. In an extension to 983 foreign acquisitions subsequently divested to domestic owners, we find that much …), but suggests a strong cross-firm association of FDI wage premia with similar differentials in productivity. -- foreign …

effects for firms and detailed worker groups, we find 12-28 percent effects on average wages. The wage effect mostly reverses … strong cross-firm association of FDI wage premia with similar differentials in productivity. -- foreign acquisitions ; FDI … ; earnings ; wage differentials ; productivity ; difference-in-differences matching ; employer effects ; Hungary …

This paper estimates the relative multi-factor productivity (MFP) of privatized and state-owned enterprises using a …

How do economic policies and institutions affect job reallocation processes and their consequences for productivity … little relationship to relative productivity across firms and sectors. Since liberalization began, the pace, heterogeneity …, and productivity effects of job flows have increased substantially. The increases occurred more quickly in rapidly …

This paper estimates the effect of domestic and foreign privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long … produces a productivity advantage of about 40 percent in 2004–2005. -- productivity ; privatization ; selection bias ; foreign …

aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard … decomposition technique to better reflect the role of firm entry, we find that reallocation rates and productivity contributions are … very low under socialism. After reforms, they rise dramatically, and productivity contributions greatly exceed those …

This paper estimates the effect of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the … years after privatization to emerge in Russia. -- privatization ; productivity ; foreign ownership ; random growth model …

aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard … decomposition technique to better reflect the role of firm entry, we find that reallocation rates and productivity contributions are … very low under socialism, but they rise dramatically after reforms, and productivity contributions greatly exceed those …

We analyze the impact of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the universe …

,000 manufacturing enterprises, we find that the productivity of firms in the regions most supportive of Viktor Yushchenko increased by … context of weak institutions can have substantial distributional effects that are reflected in economic productivity. …