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外国所有权与性别规范的转移
Foreign ownership and transferring of gender norms
摘要
In this paper, we study foreign ownership as a vehicle for transferring gender norms across international borders. Using detailed matched employer‐employee data from Sweden, we analyze how the within‐firm gender pay gap is affected by the degree of gender inequality in the home country of foreign investors. The results suggest that home‐country gender norms matter: The pay gap between men and women in foreign‐owned subsidiaries tends to decrease with the degree of gender equality in the investors' home market. Specifically, we find that acquisitions from countries with higher levels of gender equality tend to reduce the gender pay gap, whereas acquisitions from countries with lower levels of gender equality have no significant impact. We identify the effect from within‐match variation in incomes and rely on a dynamic difference‐in‐differences model and a high‐dimensional fixed effects model.
中文摘要
本文研究外资所有权作为跨国界转移性别规范的载体。我们使用瑞典详细的雇主—雇员匹配数据，分析外资来源国的性别不平等程度如何影响企业内部性别薪酬差距。结果表明，来源国性别规范具有重要影响：外资子公司中男女薪酬差距往往随着投资者母国市场性别平等程度的提高而缩小。具体而言，我们发现，来自性别平等水平较高国家的收购往往会缩小性别薪酬差距，而来自性别平等水平较低国家的收购则没有显著影响。我们通过匹配内部收入变化来识别这一效应，并依赖动态双重差分模型和高维固定效应模型。