Foreign Ownership, Employment and Wages in Brazil: Evidence from Acquisitions, Divestments and Job Movers

Martins, Pedro S.; Esteves, Luiz Alberto

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“…This makes them more appealing to less ambitious/career-concerned individuals (regardless of their gender). The second is that multinationals compete more fiercely for ambitious/career-minded highly-skilled workers, promoting on average better pay than domestic firms (see, e.g., Martins and Esteves, 2008).…”

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Foreign Capital and Gender Differences in Promotions: Evidence from Large Brazilian Manufacturing Firms

Coelho¹,

Fernandes²,

Foguel³

2014

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This paper examines whether there exists obstacles hindering women's ascension in the largest firms of the Brazilian manufacturing industry. In particular, we check whether gender matters in the time it takes to get a promotion to a managerial position. Once we control for covariate-dependent censoring, we find significant evidence that foreign-owned firms feature less gender differences in promotions than domestic firms. The same applies in other dimensions of career progress, namely, wage growth and promotion likelihood. It turns out that wage gains after promotion contribute to generating wage differential between males and females only within domestic firms. This is consistent with statistical discrimination and with the self-selection that results from employees optimally choosing which jobs to apply for. Jobs in domestic firms offer more flexibility in terms of hours per week, whereas multinationals compete for the most career-concerned workers.

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confidence: 99%

“…The same does not apply to multinationals, for which promotions are mainly due to the increase of managerial positions (of which mostly are taken by women). See also Martins and Esteves (2008) for patterns of external and internal hire in Brazil.…”

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Foreign Capital and Gender Differences in Promotions: Evidence from Large Brazilian Manufacturing Firms

Coelho¹,

Fernandes²,

Foguel³

2014

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Paying More to Hire the Best? Foreign Firms, Wages, and Worker Mobility

Martins

2011

Economic Inquiry

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Foreign ownership wage premia in emerging economies

Eriksson¹,

Pytlíková²

2011

Economics of Transition

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In this article we examine the relationship between wages, labour productivity and ownership using a linked employer-employee dataset covering a large fraction of the Czech labour market in 2006. We distinguish between different origins of ownership and study wage and productivity differences. The raw wage differential between foreign and domestically-owned firms is about 23 percent. The empirical analysis is carried out on both firm-and individual-level data. A key finding is that industry, region and notably human capital explain only a small part of the foreign-domestic ownership wage differential. Both white and blue collar workers as well as skilled and unskilled employees obtain a foreign ownership wage premium. Foreign ownership premia are more prevalent in older and less technologically advanced firms. Joint estimation of productivity and wage equations show that, controlling for human capital, the difference in productivity is about twice as large as the wage differential. Overall, results indicate that the international firms share their rents with their employees.JEL classifications: J31, D21.

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Foreign Ownership, Employment and Wages in Brazil: Evidence from Acquisitions, Divestments and Job Movers

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Foreign Capital and Gender Differences in Promotions: Evidence from Large Brazilian Manufacturing Firms

Foreign Capital and Gender Differences in Promotions: Evidence from Large Brazilian Manufacturing Firms

Paying More to Hire the Best? Foreign Firms, Wages, and Worker Mobility

Foreign ownership wage premia in emerging economies

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