Foreign Direct Investment and Wages in Indonesian Manufacturing

作者: Robert Lipsey , Fredrik Sjoholm

DOI: 10.3386/W8299

关键词: Ask priceLabour economicsEfficiency wageForeign direct investmentEconomicsIndonesianQuality (business)Wage level

摘要: This paper asks two types of questions. One is about the behavior foreign-owned firms in Indonesian labor markets and other effect presence on wages. We ask first whether plants pay a higher price for labor, that is, more than locally-owned workers given quality, as we can measure it. then characteristics such their size, industry, location. The answer foreign do price, even plant characteristics. second set questions larger results wages overall. Higher leads to plants. Since also ones, factors together mean raises general wage level province industry.

参考文章(7)
Hal Hill, Indonesia's Industrial Transformation 1 Part I Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies. ,vol. 26, pp. 75- 109 ,(1990) , 10.1080/00074919012331335805
Fredrik Sjöholm, Productivity Growth in Indonesia: The Role of Regional Characteristics and Direct Foreign Investment Economic Development and Cultural Change. ,vol. 47, pp. 559- 584 ,(1999) , 10.1086/452419
A. B. Jaffe, M. Trajtenberg, R. Henderson, Geographic Localization of Knowledge Spillovers as Evidenced by Patent Citations Quarterly Journal of Economics. ,vol. 108, pp. 577- 598 ,(1993) , 10.2307/2118401
Magnus Blomström, Fredrik Sjöholm, Technology Transfer and Spillovers? Does Local Participation with Multinationals Matter? European Economic Review. ,vol. 43, pp. 915- 923 ,(1999) , 10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00104-4
Brian Aitken, Ann Harrison, Robert E. Lipsey, Wages and Foreign Ownership: A Comparative Study of Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States Journal of International Economics. ,vol. 40, pp. 345- 371 ,(1996) , 10.1016/0022-1996(95)01410-1