Do exports generate higher productivity? Evidence from Slovenia

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: De Loecker, Jan
• 署名单位: New York University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.03.003
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 69-98
• 关键词: Exports; Production functions; productivity dynamics; Learning by exporting; export destination

摘要

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. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.