internal production has gone down by 4.5 percentage points, which raises the question whether firms have achieved productivity … increase in productivity, whereas no statistically significant link is found for offshoring of core manufacturing activities … and domestic outsourcing. The estimated productivity gains are found to be driven in particular by the gains of …

Self-selection and learning by exporting are the main explanations for the higher productivity of exporting firms. But … evolution of productivity and the role of export status. Relaxing these assumptions turns out to be critical to find evidence of … gains in productivity are around 3 % for at least 4 years. Copyright Kiel Institute 2013 …