composition and wages. We contribute to empirical research on these issues in three ways. First, we provide novel evidence that is … firm characteristics, including size and capital intensity, exporters still pay higher wages and employ more skilled … exports, imports or a combination of the two. We show that failing to control for the importing activities may bias upward …

This paper studies how a positive export shock - the sharp increase in garment-sector exports that began at the end of … local labor market effects (wages and informality) and estimates from wage equations that reflect the predictions from long … of sector and geography. Wages increased and informality decreased in sub-districts more exposed to the export shock …

The analysis of the effects of firm-level international trade on wages has so far focused on the role of exports, which … trade and wages across types of products. In particular, firms that increase their exports (imports) of high- (intermediate … wage determinant as important as exports. Furthermore, we also find significant differences in the relationship between …

Do exporters and foreign-controlled establishments pay their workers higher wages than non-exporters and domestic … foreign-controlled plants do pay higher wages than non-exporters and domestic-controlled plants. These results hold even after … the impact of foreign control on wages is found to be widespread across industries and regions, that of exporting is not …

development of wages and employment across skill groups, there is considerable disagreement to explain these trends, in particular …