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Exports and Within-Plant Wage Distributions: Evidence from Mexico
American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings (2012)
  • Judith A. Frias
  • David S. Kaplan, Inter-American Development Bank
  • Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University
Abstract

This paper has had the modest goal of establishing several facts about the effect of exporting on within-plant wage distributions, focusing on wages at the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles. There are three key findings: (1) there is no evidence of an effect of exporting on wages at the 10th percentile; (2) the wage effects of exporting are larger at higher percentiles, up to the 75th; and (3) there is no evidence of an increase in dispersion between the 75th and 90th percentiles. The third fact suggests that the increase in within-plant wage dispersion is not due solely to wage increases for top managers.

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Publication Date
May, 2012
Citation Information
Judith A. Frias, David S. Kaplan and Eric Verhoogen. "Exports and Within-Plant Wage Distributions: Evidence from Mexico" American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings Vol. 102 Iss. 3 (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_kaplan/19/