Overall our results are consistent with existing evidence found in developed economies.
Internationalised firms tend to hire more workers and pay higher wages in developing economies as well.
We also find a positive significant relationship between the number of skilled workers and firms with
international linkages. However, this comes more from exporting than importing. We attribute the latter
finding to the predominance of assembly work performed in many of the economies under consideration.
Unskilled workers tend to dominate this work. Finally, larger, more productive firms generally employ
lower shares of female workers. Firms with international linkages, on the other hand, are shown to hire a
larger share of female workers providing evidence that international linkages provide greater opportunities
for women to enter the formal labour market.