manufacturing firms. First, there is a negative correlation between firms' productivity and their export share to low … found between the share of exports to lowincome countries and either productivity or R&D intensity is never in line with the …

-exporters. However, many firms from the lower end of the productivity distribution are exporters. Germany is a case in point. A recent … study reports that these low-productivity exporters are not marginal exporters defined according to the share of exports in … exports is much higher among exporters from the lower end of the productivity distribution than among highly productive …

-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of … productivity. …

While the role of exports in promoting growth in general, and productivity in particular, has been investigated … at the firm level been used to look at the extent and causes of productivity differentials between exporters and their …, while exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. -- Exports ; productivity ; literature survey ; micro data …

first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of foreign … direct investment ; productivity ; heterogeneous firms ; stochastic dominance …

Betriebsrat, Produktivität, stochastische Dominanz - works councils, productivity, stochastic dominance … productivity or not. It distinguishes between establishments that are covered by collective bargaining or not. Results from a … framework that point to high positive effects of works councils on productivity. …