Export Orientation and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa:

Analysis of firm-level panel data from three sub-Saharan African economies shows that exporting manufacturers have a total factor productivity premium of 11-28 percent. The data do not allow testing of whether these premiums are caused by selection of more efficient producers into exporting or by le...

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Main Author: Pattillo, Catherine A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C International Monetary Fund 2002
Series:IMF Working Papers Working Paper No. 02/89
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Summary:Analysis of firm-level panel data from three sub-Saharan African economies shows that exporting manufacturers have a total factor productivity premium of 11-28 percent. The data do not allow testing of whether these premiums are caused by selection of more efficient producers into exporting or by learning-by-exporting. By thinking about the mechanisms behind selectivity and learning, however, our finding of higher premiums for direct exporters and exporters to outside Africa could be interpreted as being consistent with learning-by-exporting effects. However, if learning-by-exporting is indeed present in the data, we cannot disentangle its effect on productivity from those of more traditionally recognized channels of international technology diffusion
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (30 p)
ISBN:1451851294
9781451851298

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