Multinational companies and wage inequality in the host country The case of Ireland

In this paper, the authors analyze the impact of multinational companies on wage inequality in a host country. Based on a model, in which the introduction of new technologies leads to increases in the demand for skilled labour and, therefore, to rising wage inequality, they econometrically study the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv
1. Verfasser: Figini, Paolo (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Görg, Holger (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: 1999
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1979-1995 > Multinationales Unternehmen > Technologietransfer > Lohntheorie > Endogenes Wachstumsmodell > Theorie > Schätzung > Lohnstruktur > Fachkräfte > Ungelernte Arbeitskräfte > Irland > Lohn > Lohnniveau > Berufliche Qualifikation > Ökonometrie > Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper, the authors analyze the impact of multinational companies on wage inequality in a host country. Based on a model, in which the introduction of new technologies leads to increases in the demand for skilled labour and, therefore, to rising wage inequality, they econometrically study the Irish manufacturing sector between 1979 and 1995. They examine inequality between wages for skilled and unskilled labour within the same manufacturing sector. Their results indicate that there is an inverted-U relationship between wage inequality and multinationals, i.e., with the increasing presence of multinationals, wage inequality first increases, reaches a maximum, and decreases eventually. (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv/SWP)
Beschreibung:Zsfassung in dt. Sprache u.d.T.: Multinationale Unternehmen und Lohngleichheit im Gastland
In: Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv
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ISSN:0043-2636