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Exporting Firms Do Not Pay Higher Wages, Ceteris Paribus. First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

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Schank, Thorsten (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
Schnabel, Claus (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
Wagner, Joachim () (University of Lueneburg and IZA Bonn)

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18 studies using data from 20 highly developed, developing, and less developed countries document that average wages in exporting firms are higher than in non-exporting firms from the same industry and region. The existence of these so-called exporter wage premia is one of the stylized facts found in the emerging literature on the microeconometrics of international trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia vanish when individual characteristics of the employees and of the work place are controlled for.

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Keywords: exports wages exporter wage premia linked employer-employee data Germany

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F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior
L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General

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  1. Andersen, Torben M & Sorensen, Allan, 2005. "Product Market Integration, Wages and Inequality," CEPR Discussion Papers 4963, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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