Firms' main market, human capital, and wages

Artikel

The literature on the exporter wage premium has focused on an exporter/non-exporter dichotomy. Instead, this paper provides first evidence that there is a more continuous destination-market effect. Using Spanish data, we estimate wage premia for establishments selling to the national, European Union, and rest of the world markets (with respect to wages in local-market establishments). Controlling for worker and establishment characteristics, output-market wage premia are increasing in market remoteness and employee education. Establishment human capital is also increasing in output-market remoteness. The paper builds a theoretical model that provides a potential explanation for these empirical results, which is also consistent with the recent evidence on the positive relationship between output-market remoteness and quality of exports.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association ; ISSN: 1869-4195 ; Volume: 1 ; Year: 2010 ; Issue: 4 ; Pages: 433-458 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
• Subject: wage inequality ; international trade ; AlchianAllen effect ; vertical differentiation ; Export ; Lohnniveau ; Humankapital ; Spanien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Alcala, Francisco ; Herna'ndez, Pedro J.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2010

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1007/s13209-009-0007-6
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/77791
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET