framework of heterogeneous firms, assuming that foreign workers allow for productivity gains and convey valuable information on … foreign markets. We illustrate that foreign workers foster exports at the extensive and the intensive margins. This effect can … find that foreign-born workers, and especially skilled individuals, foster exports at both margins. On average, a firm …

In this paper, we present a standard quality ladders endogenous growth model with one significant new assumption, that … ; heterogeneous firms ; quality ladders ; endogenous growth …

(and optimize their exporting) than their male peers. Although reduced access to finance seriously constrains the exports … of female entrepreneurs, this limitation does not explain their relative inability to leverage value from exports …

. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor productivity, size, etc., we find …

control for differences across firms in terms of labor productivity and other characteristics, we find that foreign ownership …

industry productivity and social welfare. For this purpose we develop a reciprocal dumping model of international trade with … heterogeneous firms and endogenous R&D. We identify two effects of trade liberalization on productivity: a direct effect through … low (high) trade costs; (ii) increases expected industry productivity; and (iii) raises expected social welfare if trade …

-border versus foreign affiliate sales. We find that for firms in our sample productivity is both a statistically significant and …

face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro … confirmed in an empirical study of the German clothing industry. -- International trade ; firm heterogeneity ; productivity …