Research and PhD seminars. See schedule!

08.11.2017
at 13.00-14.00

J.Liivi 4, room 214

THE CONTRIBUTION OF MULTINATIONALS TO INEQUALITY: FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AND GENDER WAGE GAP

Whereas there is an abundance of studies documenting the significant wage premium of multinationals (MNE) and the effects of FDI on wage inequality, much less is still known on how foreign ownership affects the gender wage gap of employees at firms. This study shows, based on employer-employee level data from Estonia – a country in the EU with the largest gender wage gap – a regularity: that foreign owned firms have on average substantially larger gender wage gap than domestic owned firms. Among different occupation groups, this result is especially evident among managers. Furthermore, this difference is also evident if we focus on acquisitions of domestic firms by MNEs and estimate its effects based on propensity score matching. The resulting increase in gender wage gap is due to men capturing higher wage premium from working at foreign owned firms than women, although both tend to gain in terms of wages from being employed at MNEs. We find some limited evidence suggesting that the foreign owned-domestic owned firm difference in gender wage gap could potentially be explained with MNEs’ requiring more of continuous commitment from their employees compared to other firms.

PRIIT VAHTER, JAAN MASSO (University of Tartu)

15.11.2017
at 14.15-15.45

J.Liivi 2,
room 225

Russian Exporters: The Role of Perceived Home Country Institutional Factors

TATYANA TSUKANOVA

22.11.2017
at 14.00-15.00

J.Liivi 4,
room 103

Entrepreneurship Patriotism: The Case of Estonians and Russian-speaking Minority in Estonia

ELINA KALLAS (University of Tartu)

06.12.2017 at 14.15-15.45

J.Liivi 2, room 225

The entrepreneurial journey of knowledge-based startups

JULIA TRABSKAYA