Human capital and wages in exporting firms

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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
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of International Economics
Volume75
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)363-372
Number of pages10
ISSN0022-1996
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

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