Human capital and wages in exporting firms

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Munch, Jakob Roland; Skaksen, Jan Rose
• 署名单位: University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Business School
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2008.02.006
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 363-372
• 关键词: Exports; wages; human capital; Rent sharing; matched worker-firm data

摘要

This paper studies the link between the education level of workers, export performance and wages. We argue that firms may escape intense competition in international markets by using high skilled workers to differentiate their products. This story is consistent with our empirical results. Using a very rich matched worker-firm longitudinal dataset, we find that there is a weak negative direct effect of exporting on wages, but an interaction term between export intensity and skill intensity has a positive impact on wages. That is, we find an export wage premium, but only in firms where the skill intensity is sufficiently high. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.