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

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Resource type	Working Paper
Title(s)	Do exporters really pay higher wages? First evidence from German linked employer-employee data
DOI	10.48548/pubdata-1212
Handle	20.500.14123/1275
Creator	Schank, Thorsten Schnabel, Claus Wagner, Joachim 0000-0001-6058-4536 129798215
Abstract	Many plant-level studies find that average wages in exporting firms are higher than in non-exporting firms from the same industry and region. This paper uses a large set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to analyze this exporter wage premium. We show that the wage differential becomes smaller but does not completely vanish when observable and unobservable characteristics of the employees and of the work place are controlled for. For example, blue-collar (white-collar) employees working in a plant with an export-sales ratio of 60 percent earn about 1.8 (0.9) percent more than similar employees in otherwise identical non-exporting plants.
Language	English
Keywords	Export; Wage; Germany; Export; Lohn; Deutschland; Arbeitgeber; Arbeitnehmer
Year of publication in PubData	2006
Publishing type	First publication
Publication version	Published version
Date issued	2006-06-23
Creation context	Research
Published by	Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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