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Evaluating the causal effects of foreign acquisition on domestic skilled and unskilled wages

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dc.creator Girma, Sourafel
dc.creator Görg, Holger
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:05:45Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:05:45Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier IZA discussion papers Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, Bonn 903
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/3062
dc.identifier ppn:372032044
dc.identifier ppn:372032044
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/3062
dc.description This paper investigates the effects of the takeover of a domestic establishment by foreign owners on the domestic target?s development of wages for skilled and unskilled workers. We pay particular attention to identifying the causal effect, using a propensity score matching approach combined with a difference-in-differences estimator, and differences in post acquisition effects depending on the nationality of the acquirer. Our results suggest that there is substantial heterogeneity in the post-acquisition wage effect depending on the nationality of the foreign acquirer, the industry in which the firms operate and the skill group of workers. In particular, we find that skilled workers, on average, experience a post acquisition increase in the wage rate following an acquisition by a US firm, while no such effect is discernible following acquisitions by EU or firms of other nationalities. For unskilled workers, there are positive post acquisition wage effects from take-overs by EU firms in the electronics industry and US firms in the food industry.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, Bonn
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 903
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject F23
dc.subject J31
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject multinationals , acquisitions , wages , matching estimator
dc.subject Übernahme
dc.subject Direktinvestition
dc.subject Multinationales Unternehmen
dc.subject Lohnstruktur
dc.subject Qualifikation
dc.subject Ungelernte Arbeitskräfte
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Großbritannien
dc.title Evaluating the causal effects of foreign acquisition on domestic skilled and unskilled wages
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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