Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260345 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2022:6
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
In this paper, we study foreign ownership as a vehicle for transferring gender norms across international borders. Specifically, we analyze how the wage differential between men and women in Swedish firms is affected by the degree of gender inequality in the home country of foreign investors. The results suggest that gender norms of the home country matter—the gender wage gap in foreign-owned subsidiaries appears to increase with the degree of gender inequality prevailing in the investors' home market. This finding is identified from within job-spell variation in wages and proves robust across a series of specifications.
Subjects: 
Foreign ownership
Gender inequality
Gender wage gap
Internationalization
Gender norms
JEL: 
F66
J16
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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