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Foreign ownership and gender differences in pay: causal evidence from a sample of Polish workers Cover

Foreign ownership and gender differences in pay: causal evidence from a sample of Polish workers

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|Feb 2024

Figures & Tables

Characteristics of workers by gender and type of employer

VariableMenWomen
Foreign firmsDomestic firmsForeign firmsDomestic firms
MeanStdDevMeanStdDevMeanStdDevMeanStdDev
Real total monthly earnings (Zlotys)7644.06626.55075.84371.36223.55235.23986.63067.2
Log (real total monthly earnings)8.7150.6378.3420.5648.5380.5858.1440.491
Age (years)33.88.235.210.032.87.435.19.3
Secondary school (%)2.314.93.317.82.415.45.021.8
Post-secondary school/no degree (%)18.739.024.643.011.131.415.135.8
Undergrad degree (%)16.937.516.036.713.934.614.134.8
Incomplete Master’s degree (%)3.919.43.518.33.618.72.816.5
Master’s degree (%)24.643.122.741.951.950.048.950.0
Master’s in engineering (%)29.745.722.641.815.636.312.032.5
Postgraduate training (%)15.936.614.034.725.243.423.842.6
MBA (%)2.314.91.110.31.612.70.67.8
Good or very good knowledge of English (%)72.444.754.249.875.642.952.749.9
Number of other foreign languages known at the good or very good levels*0.1970.4490.1850.4340.2990.5330.2370.477
Independent job search (%)53.749.952.949.956.149.654.649.8
Job search through employment bureau (%)0.99.63.217.51.411.75.522.9
Internal job recruitment (%)22.741.928.345.021.240.826.143.9
Job promotion (%)6.925.31.813.46.324.41.512.2
Instrumental variables (IV):
Ahpar (%)27.744.730.946.224.342.926.944.4
Gerpar (%)17.137.718.939.116.437.019.139.3
Gerww2 (%)21.240.917.838.219.339.419.239.4
Observations118,894208,41774,201174,996

(Log) monthly-earning returns to foreign-firm employment

SpecificationsMenWomen
Without industry and department controlsWith industry and department controlsWithout industry and department controlsWith industry and department controls
Panel A: OLS estimation without using the IV variables as controls
Foreign ownership0.2315*** (0.0019)0.2252*** (0.0019)0.2621*** (0.0022)0.2315*** (0.0023)
Observations279,094279,081192,061192,048
Panel B: OLS estimation with using the IV variables as controls
Foreign ownership0.2302*** (0.0019)0.2231*** (0.0019)0.2581*** (0.0022)0.2256*** (0.0022)
Observations279,094279,081192,061192,048
Panel C: Traditional 2SLS estimation
Foreign ownership0.5398*** (0.0299)0.7161*** (0.0314)1.3936*** (0.0575)1.5407*** (0.0557)
Hausman test117.96***309.33***957.97***1,589.47***
Observations279,094279,081192,061192,048
Panel D: RX-2SLS estimation
Foreign ownership0.3557*** (0.0721)0.1253* (0.0688)0.6020*** (0.0717)0.6534*** (0.0634)
Hausman test3.04*2.0223.85***48.00***
Observations327,311327,296249,197249,182
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijcm-2024-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2449-8939 | Journal ISSN: 2449-8920
Language: English
Page range: 75 - 91
Published on: Feb 27, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Larry W. Taylor, Thomas J. Hyclak, Piotr Sedlak, Vera A. Adamchik, published by Jagiellonian University
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