Management Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
5-1996
Publication Source
Journal of International Economics
Volume
40
Issue
3-4
Start Page
345
Last Page
371
DOI
10.1016/0022-1996(95)01410-1
Abstract
This paper explores the relationship between wages and foreign investment in Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States. Despite very different economic conditions and levels of development, we find one fact that is robust across all three countries: higher levels of foreign investment are associated with higher wages. However, in Mexico and Venezuela, foreign investment is associated with higher wages only for foreign-owned firms — there is no evidence of wage spillovers leading to higher wages for domestic firms. The lack of spillovers in Mexico and Venezuela is consistent with significant wage differentials between foreign and domestic enterprises. In the United States, where the evidence suggests some wage spillovers from foreign to domestic enterprises, wage differentials are smaller.
Copyright/Permission Statement
© 1996. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Recommended Citation
Aitken, B. J., Harrison, A. E., & Lipsey, R. E. (1996). Wages and Foreign Ownership: A Comparative Study of Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States. Journal of International Economics, 40 (3-4), 345-371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-1996(95)01410-1
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Date Posted: 27 November 2017
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