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The presence of MNCs and the differentials and spillovers of productivity and wages in Southeast Asian manufacturing

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This literature survey paper overall investigates the presence of multinational corporations (MNCs) and its associations with productivity and wages in Southeast Asian manufacturing during the last few decades prior to 2010. Despite the fact that MNC-share tendency and levels are mixed across countries, the levels demonstrate the MNC characters of high labor productivity and high export propensities. Besides, the empirical results of differentials and spillovers somewhat give similar implications between productivity and wages. The evidence is rather positive for all manufacturing combined, softened after accounting for firm and industry character indicators, and varied at the industry level. Nevertheless, the spillover study of Vietnamese manufacturing in particular relatively has problems with fixed-effects panel estimates.

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  • Nakmai, Siwat, 2010. "The presence of MNCs and the differentials and spillovers of productivity and wages in Southeast Asian manufacturing," MPRA Paper 71601, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Eric Ramstetter, 2009. "Firm- and Plant-level Analysis of Multinationals in Southeast Asia: the Perils of Pooling Industries and Balancing Panels," Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series gd09-106, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
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    Keywords

    multinational corporations (MNCs); productivity; wages; Southeast Asia; manufacturing;
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    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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