Exports , wages , exporter wage premium , linked employer-employee data , Germany … same industry and region. This paper uses a large set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to analyze this …-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 …

plants that start to export. We show that the exporter wage premium does already exist in the years before firms start to … export, and that it does not increase in the following years. Higher wages in exporting firms are thus due to self …-selection of more productive, better paying firms into export markets; they are not caused by export activities. -- exports ; wages …

plants that start to export. We show that the exporter wage premium does already exist in the years before firms start to … export, and that it does not increase in the following years. Higher wages in exporting firms are thus due to self …-selection of more productive, better paying firms into export markets; they are not caused by export activities. …

Using OLS and quantile regression methods and rich cross-section data sets for western and eastern Germany, this paper …

Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is … specific clientele. -- Works council ; separations ; collective voice ; duration models ; Germany …