Do exporters really pay higher wages? First evidence from German linked employer-employee data

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 52-74

  Schank, Thorsten ^a   Schnabel, Claus ^a   Wagner, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exporter wage premium; Exports; Germany; Linked employer employee data; Wages

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EXPORT; WAGE DETERMINATION; WORKPLACE; DATA SET;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33947723957     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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