Evaluating the foreign ownership wage premium using a difference-in-differences matching approach

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 97-112

  Girma, Sourafel ^a   Görg, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Difference in differences; Matching estimator; Multinationals; Wages

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; FIRM OWNERSHIP; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947729556     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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