FDI and Wages: Evidence from Firm-Level and Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary, 1986-2008

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John S. Earle

George Mason University - Schar School of Policy and Government; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Almos Telegdy

Corvinus University of Budapest; Magyar Nemzeti Bank

Gabor Antal

Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) - Labor Economics

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Abstract

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.

Keywords: foreign acquisitions, FDI, earnings, wage differentials, productivity, difference-in-differences matching, employer effects, Hungary

JEL Classification: F23, F66, J31

Suggested Citation

Earle, John S. and Telegdy, Almos and Antal, Gabor, FDI and Wages: Evidence from Firm-Level and Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary, 1986-2008. IZA Discussion Paper No. 7095, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2196760 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2196760

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