Learning-By-Doing, Learning-By-Exporting, And Productivity : Evidence From Colombia

Fernandes, Ana M.; Isgut, Alberto

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-3544

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“…Firms that started exporting became 17.7 (46) percent more productive after two (four) years of exporting compared to their domestic counterparts. 24 In row (f) I present the results based upon an alternative propensity score model. I include lagged productivity growth (∆ω i,−1 = ω i,−1 − ω i,−2 ) in the probit model as described by equation (4) and I compare new exporters with counterfactuals matched on pre-export productivity growth rates and the estimated productivity gains are very similar.…”

Section: Productivity Gains Upon Export Entry In Slovenian Manufacturmentioning

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Do exports generate higher productivity? Evidence from Slovenia

Loecker

2007

Journal of International Economics

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I use matched sampling techniques to analyze whether firms that start exporting become more productive, controlling for the self selection into export markets. To this end, I use micro data of Slovenian manufacturing firms operating in the period 1994-2000. Overall I find that export entrants become more productive once they start exporting. The productivity gap between exporters and their domestic counterparts increases further over time. These results also hold at the industry level and are robust to other controls that may be associated with increased productivity, such as private ownership. Using information on the (firm-level) destination of exports, I find that the productivity gains are higher for firms exporting towards high income regions.JEL Code: L1, D24

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Section: Productivity Gains Upon Export Entry In Slovenian Manufacturmentioning

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Do exports generate higher productivity? Evidence from Slovenia

Loecker

2007

Journal of International Economics

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“…Initially, many studies uncovered evidence supporting self-selection but not learning-by-exporting (e.g., Clerides et al, 1998;Bernard & Jensen, 1999b;Aw et al, 2000;Arnold & Hussinger, 2005). Nevertheless, some studies also uncovered evidence of both self-selection and learning-by-exporting effects (e.g., Girma et al, 2004;Hahn, 2005;Fernandes & Isgut, 2005;Van Biesebroeck, 2005). Therefore, the empirical evidence is rather diverse, which might suggest that the effects vary by the business, cultural and economic environment of each country (Bigsten & Gebreeyesus, 2009).…”

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Exporting, Importing, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Thai Manufacturing

Srithanpong¹

2014

IJEF

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This study examines the relationship between exporting, importing, and firm performance using a firm-level panel data set from the Manufacturing Industry Survey of Thailand from 1999 to 2003. We mainly divide our analysis into three parts. First, we evaluate export and import premia for different measures of firm performance such as employment, value added per worker, capital per worker, average wages, and sales. Second, we test for export and import premia by running regressions of different performance measures on export and import status using probit and logit models to compare results. Third, we examine whether exporting and importing activities improve productivity at the firm level. The results reveal that, on average, exporters and importers are more productive, more capital-intensive, have more employees and total sales, and pay higher average wages than those of domestic counterparts. By various measures, exporters tend to be the most productive group of firms, followed by importers, and then firms that do not trade internationally. The results suggest that there might be a strong positive correlation between exporting and productivity and a weak positive correlation between importing and productivity at the firm level in Thai manufacturing.

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“…Third, there is robust evidence that firms self-select into international activities, with the more productive and those with a more educated workforce being more likely to be more open (see e.g., Tybout 2000). In particular there is robust evidence of self-selection into exports and into foreign direct investment (e.g., Tybout 2000; Fernandes and Isgut 2005;Almeida 2007). …”

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Openness and technological innovation in East Asia: have they increased the demand for skills?

Almeida¹

2012

Asia-Pacific Development Journal

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Learning-By-Doing, Learning-By-Exporting, And Productivity : Evidence From Colombia

Cited by 88 publications

References 35 publications

Do exports generate higher productivity? Evidence from Slovenia

Do exports generate higher productivity? Evidence from Slovenia

Exporting, Importing, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Thai Manufacturing

Openness and technological innovation in East Asia: have they increased the demand for skills?

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