Exports and productivity - comparable evidence for 14 countries, Vol. 1 of 1

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Exports and productivity - comparable evidence for 14 countries

Author:	The International Study Group on Exports and Productivity;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4418
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2007/11/29
Document Date:	2007/11/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS4418	SubTopics:	Education for Development (superceded); Economic Theory & Research; Labor Policies; Labor Markets; E-Business
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: The authors use comparable micro level panel data for 14 countries and a set of identically specified empirical models to investigate the relationship between exports and productivity. The overall results are in line with the big picture that is by now familiar from the literature: Exporters are more productive than non-exporters when observed and unobserved heterogeneity are controlled for, and these exporter productivity premia tend to increase with the share of exports in total sales; there is strong evidence in favour of self-selection of more productive firms into export markets, but nearly no evidence in favour of the learning-by-exporting hypothesis. The authors document that the exporter premia differ considerably across countries in identically specified empirical models. In a meta-analysis of their results the authors find that countries that are more open and have more effective government report higher productivity premia. However, the level of development per se does not appear to be an explanation for the observed cross-country differences.


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