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Self-Selection into Export Markets byBusiness Services Firms: Evidence fromFrance, Germany and the United Kingdom
Temouri, Yama; Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
This study reports results from an empirical investigation of business services sector firmsthat (start to) export … and productivity hold in the yearsbefore the export start, which indicates self-selection into exporting of more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360584
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Self-Selection into export markets by business services firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Temouri, Yama; Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2010
This study reports results from an empirical investigation of business services sector firms that (start to) export … and productivity hold in the years before the export start, which indicates self-selection into exporting of more … relationship between profitability and starting to export is found. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274711
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Gross Job Flows in Ukraine: Size, Ownership and Trade Effects
Konings, Jozef; Kupets, Olga; Lehmann, Hartmut - 2003
This paper documents and analyses gross job flows and their determinants in Ukraine using a unique data set of more than 2200 Ukrainian firms operating in both the manufacturing and the non-manufacturing sector for the years 1998-2000. There are several important findings in the paper. Job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262230
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Trade liberalization and employment effects in Ukraine
Christev, Atanas; Kupets, Olga; Lehmann, Hartmut - 2005
This paper addresses the important issue of the effects of trade liberalization on labor market job flows. It studies the case of Ukraine where we view the sudden openness of the economy to trade as a quasi-natural experiment. We use disaggregated data on manufacturing industries and customs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267559
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Higher productivity in importing German manufacturing firms: self-selection, learning from importing, or both?
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2008
-way traders do have the highest premia, followed by firms that only export, while firms that only import have the smallest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269066
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Import Competition and Informal Employment: Empirical Evidence from China
Wang, Feicheng; Liang, Zhe; Lehmann, Hartmut - 2021
This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation induced labour demand shocks on informal employment in China. We employ a local labour market approach to construct a regional measure of exposure to import tariffs by exploiting initial differences in industrial composition across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658229
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Does Finance Really Matter for the Participation of SMEs in International Trade? Evidence from 8,080 East Asian Firms
Jinjarak, Yothin; Mutuc, Paulo Jose; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank - 2014
This paper studies factors associated with firm participation in export markets, focusing primarily on firm size and … interdependent relationships between export participation, firm size, and access to credit. SMEs participating in export markets tend … participation in export markets. The estimation results also point to the supportive influences of foreign ownership, worker …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010840238
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Regional Trade Agreements and Enterprises in Southeast Asia
Wignaraja, Ganeshan - Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank - 2013
This paper undertakes a comparative and firm-level analysis of the impact of regional trade agreements (RTAs) in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It finds that firm-heterogeneity matters in RTA use. Acquiring knowledge about RTAs, building technological capabilities, and membership of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010840244
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Gross Job Flows in Ukraine: Size, Ownership and Trade Effects
Konings, Jozef; Kupets, Olga; Lehmann, Hartmut - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This paper documents and analyses gross job flows and their determinants in Ukraine using a unique data set of more than 2200 Ukrainian firms operating in both the manufacturing and the non-manufacturing sector for the years 1998-2000. There are several important findings in the paper. Job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761798
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Does Finance Really Matter for the Participation of SMEs in International Trade? Evidence from 8,080 East Asian Firms
Jinjarak, Yothin; Mutuc, Paulo Jose; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
This paper studies factors associated with firm participation in export markets, focusing primarily on firm size and … interdependent relationships between export participation, firm size, and access to credit. SMEs participating in export markets tend … participation in export markets. The estimation results also point to the supportive influences of foreign ownership, worker …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010901625