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Joachim Wagner

Leuphana University, Lüneburg, and IZA, Germany

May the IZA World of Labor project help to guide policymakers in an evidence-based way, using the accumulated knowledge of experts from all around the world!

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Professor of Economics, Institute of Economics, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany

Research interest

International firm activities, applied microeconometrics

Website

http://bit.ly/Wagner_IZApage

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Member, German Data Forum (RatSWD)

Past positions

Hochschulassistent, University of Hannover, Germany

Qualifications

Habilitation, Economics, University of Hannover, 1990

Selected publications

  • “Exports and productivity: A survey of empirical studies since 2006.” World Economy 30:1 (2007): 60–82.

  • “International trade and firm performance. A survey of empirical studies since 2006.” Review of World Economics 148:2 (2012): 235–267.

  • “Do exporters really pay higher wages? First evidence from German linked employer-employee data.” Journal of International Economics 72:1 (2007): 52–74 (with T. Schank and C. Schnabel).

article(s)

  • Effect of international activity on firm performance Updated

    Trade liberalization benefits better performing firms and contributes to economic growth

    Joachim Wagner, November 2019
    There is evidence that better performing firms tend to enter international markets. Internationally active firms are larger, more productive, and pay higher wages than other firms in the same industry. Positive performance effects of engaging in international activity are found especially in firms from less advanced economies that interact with partners from more advanced economies. Lowering barriers to the international division of labor should therefore be part of any pro-growth policy.
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