Human Capital and Wages in Exporting Firms
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Human Capital and Wages in Exporting Firms. / Munch, Jakob Roland; Skaksen, Jan Rose.
Cph. : Economic Policy Research Unit. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2006.Research output: Working paper › Research
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T1 - Human Capital and Wages in Exporting Firms
AU - Munch, Jakob Roland
AU - Skaksen, Jan Rose
N1 - JEL Classification: J30, F10, I20
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This paper studies the link between a firms education level, export performance and wages of its workers. We argue that firms may escape intense competition in international markets by using high skilled workers to differentiate their products. This story is consistent with our empirical results. Using a very rich matched worker-firm longitudinal dataset we find that firms with high export intensities pay higher wages. However, an interaction term between export intensity and skill intensity has a positive impact on wages and it absorbs the direct effect of the export intensity. That is, we find an export wage premium, but it accrues to workers in firms with high skill intensities
AB - This paper studies the link between a firms education level, export performance and wages of its workers. We argue that firms may escape intense competition in international markets by using high skilled workers to differentiate their products. This story is consistent with our empirical results. Using a very rich matched worker-firm longitudinal dataset we find that firms with high export intensities pay higher wages. However, an interaction term between export intensity and skill intensity has a positive impact on wages and it absorbs the direct effect of the export intensity. That is, we find an export wage premium, but it accrues to workers in firms with high skill intensities
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - exports
KW - wages
KW - human capital
KW - sharing
M3 - Working paper
BT - Human Capital and Wages in Exporting Firms
PB - Economic Policy Research Unit. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
CY - Cph.
ER -
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