market. The authors analyze how firm takeovers and product market competition affect firms’ gender composition and gender … when product market competition is weak. Furthermore, a takeover reduces the gender wage gap. Although the estimated …

market. Using detailed matched employer-employee data, we analyze how firm takeovers and product market competition are … ownership change, in particular when product market competition is weak. Further, increased competition reduces the gender wage …

industry and the role that globalization plays in that process. Using matched worker-firm data from Sweden, we find strong … may be significant gains from globalization that have not been identified in the past - globalization may improve the … the industry level or measures of domestic anti-competitive regulations and product market competition. In addition, we …