TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Earle, John S.
AU  - Telegdy, Álmos
AU  - Antal, Gábor
        TI  - FDI and Wages: Evidence from Firm-Level and Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary, 1986-2008
        PY  - 2012/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7095
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7095
        AB  - 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 effects for firms and detailed worker groups, we find 12-28 percent effects on average wages. The wage effect mostly reverses for 983 foreign acquisitions later divested to domestic owners. We find positive effects for all worker types, occupations, and wage quantiles. The evidence implies little role for either measurement problems or residual selection, but suggests a strong cross-firm association of FDI wage premia with similar differentials in productivity.
        KW  - productivity
KW  - wage differentials
KW  - earnings
KW  - FDI
KW  - difference-in-differences matching
KW  - foreign acquisitions
KW  - employer effects
KW  - Hungary
        ER  -