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We compare wages in multinational enterprises (MNEs) versus domestic firms, the earnings of domestic firm workers with past, future and no MNE experience, and estimate how the presence of ex-MNE peers affects the earnings of domestic firm employees. The analysis relies on monthly panel data...
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We estimate the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) acquisitions on firm-average and worker-specific wages using … universal firm-level panel data and linked employer-employee data for Hungary. Our identification strategy exploits a 23 year …), but suggests a strong cross-firm association of FDI wage premia with similar differentials in productivity. …
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We estimate the wage effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) with universal firm-level and linked employer …-employee panel data containing 4,926 foreign acquisitions in Hungary. Matching on pre-acquisition data and controlling for fixed … strong cross-firm association of FDI wage premia with similar differentials in productivity. …
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This study examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms' productivity via human capital … due to the Republic of Korea's visa regulations. We find that the industry and regional FDI positively affect local firms …' productivity, particularly firms with higher growth in hiring skilled foreign employees. This human capital spillover from FDI is …
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Using a large and unexpected public wage increase in Hungary which changed the public wage premium in 2002 from -17 to …
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I identify wage spillovers from the public to the corporate sector with the help of a large and sudden public sector wage increase, which raised real compensation by 40 percent in two years, changing the average public wage premium from minus 10 to plus 12 percent. Using a dataset covering about...
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Export is an important factor to improve growth and welfare especially for industrialized small, open economies such as Belgium. Policy may be interested in key variables that can influence export. This paper finds evidence for the importance of R&D for export activities using Belgian firm-level...
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R&D spillovers as well. This paper analyzes empirically whether inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) work … manufacturing in the analysis. We find no evidence of FDI-related R&D spillovers - neither at the firm-level nor at the industry …
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This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between cross-border acquisitions and innovation activities of the acquirer. For the empirical analysis a unique firm-level data set is constructed that combines survey data for German firms with a merger and acquisition database. After...
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This paper contributes to the ongoing debate on the welfare effects of foreign direct investment by investigating the effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions on innovation activities in target firms. The empirical analysis is based on survey and ownership data for a large sample of...
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