Is there really a foreign ownership wage premium? Evidence from matched employer-employee data

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 355-376

  Heyman, Fredrik ^a   Sjöholm, Fredrik ^a   Tingvall, Patrik Gustavsson ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

FDI; Foreign ownership; Matched employer employee data; Propensity score matching; Wages

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; WAGE;

EID: 35648955589     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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