文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Access to imported intermediates and intra-firm wage inequality

作者：Ge, Ying[1] Fang, Tony[2,3] Jiang, Yeheng[4]

第一作者：Ge, Ying

通信作者：Ge, Y[1]

机构：[1]Zhejiang Univ, Sch Econ, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China;[2]Xihua Univ, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R China;[3]Mem Univ Newfoundland, Dept Econ, St John, NF, Canada;[4]Chinese Acad Forestry, Res Inst Forestry Policy & Informat, Beijing, Peoples R China

年份：2019

卷号：42

期号：8

起止页码：2364-2384

外文期刊名：WORLD ECONOMY

收录：;Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85063935759);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000478866200004)】；

基金：This paper is funded by China Social Science Foundation Grant (17BSH076), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant (890-2016-4023), and Stephen Jarislowsky Foundation Research Grant (Dr. Tony Fang) and National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 71433002) (Dr. Ying Ge).

语种：英文

外文关键词：global production sharing; wage inequality; world bank investment climate survey

摘要：We use Chinese firm-level data from the World Bank Investment Climate Survey to examine the link between importing intermediates and intra-firm wage inequality. Our results show that intermediate input importers not only have a significant wage premium but also have a greater intra-firm wage dispersion than non-importing firms. This pattern is robust when we control for productivity and use trade costs as the instruments. We further investigate the mechanism of how importing intermediates might contribute to both inter-firm and intra-firm wage inequality. Our evidence is consistent with three important channels. First, imported intermediate inputs complement skilled labour. Second, intermediates importers are more likely to use performance pay. Third, imported inputs complement innovation and employee training.