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dc.contributor.authorKlein, Michael Wen
dc.contributor.authorMoser, Christophen
dc.contributor.authorUrban, Dieter M.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-11T08:56:10Z-
dc.date.available2010-08-11T08:56:10Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/37281-
dc.description.abstractWe find a significant export wage premium for higher-skilled workers and a significant export wage discount for lower-skilled workers, using a matched employer-employee data set for German manufacturing firms. Estimates suggest that up to one third of the overall skill premia is associated with exporting. These results imply that increasing trade contributes to widening wage inequality by skill level in manufacturing. But an increase in exports also diminishes wage discrimination due to gender or nationality. In this way, trade contributes to narrowing wage gaps and mitigates wage inequality in German manufacturing.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aVerein für Socialpolitik |cFrankfurt a. M.en
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aBeiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010: Ökonomie der Familie - Session: Firm Heterogeneity and Exports: Empirical Evidence |xC4-V1en
dc.subject.jelF16en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.jelJ70en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordexportsen
dc.subject.keywordwagesen
dc.subject.keywordwage inequalityen
dc.subject.keywordwage discriminationen
dc.subject.keywordskill premiaen
dc.subject.keywordlinked employer-employee dataen
dc.titleThe Skill Structure of the Export Wage Premium: Evidence from German Manufacturing-
dc.typeConference Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn655849793en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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