Exporters and wage inequality during the Great Recession—Evidence from Germany

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Journal: Economics Letters

Year: 2015

Volume: 136

Issue: C

Pages: 137-140

Authors (3)

Dauth, Wolfgang (not in RePEc) Schmerer, Hans-Joerg (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und...) Winkler, Erwin (Friedrich-Alexander-Universitä...)

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0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

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Abstract

We show that the exporter wage premium decreased at the dawn of the Great Recession and stagnated afterwards. Our decomposition suggests that the decline of the premium explains 24%–43% of the decrease in residual wage inequality between 2007 and 2008.

Exporters and wage inequality during the Great Recession—Evidence from Germany

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