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Exporting and workforce skills-intensity in the Egyptian manufacturing firms: Empirical evidence using world bank firm-level data for Egypt
Abdelgouad, Ahmed Fayez - 2016
The World Bank's Enterprise Surveys (WES( for the manufacturing firms in Egypt are used to study the characteristics of exporting firms and the determinants of the exporting behavior in the Egyptian manufacturing sector in general and to investigate the link between the exporting activities and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011616224
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Reconsidering the impact of family size on labour supply: The twin-problems of the twin-birth instrument
Braakmann, Nils; Wildman, John - 2014
Twin births are often used to instrument for fertility when investigating the impact of family size on labor market … outcomes. In this paper we consider two econometric problems both related to the link between fertility treatments and multiple … births. The first is the potential for omitted variable bias caused by the fact that fertility treatments are typically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010478928
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Reconsidering the impact of family size on labour supply: The twin-problems of the twin-birth instrument
Braakmann, Nils; Wildman, John - 2014
Twin births are often used to instrument for fertility when investigating the impact of family size on labor market … outcomes. In this paper we consider two econometric problems both related to the link between fertility treatments and multiple … births. The first is the potential for omitted variable bias caused by the fact that fertility treatments are typically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095653
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Foreign ownership and the extensive margins of exports: Evidence for manufacturing enterprises in Germany
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2013
We examine how foreign ownership of a firm affects the variety of goods that the firm exports and the number of countries it trades with. We construct a simple theoretical model of how foreign ownership may affect these extensive margins of exports and take this model to data from Germany, one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333504
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World market access of emerging-market firms: The role of foreign ownership and access to external finance
Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - 2014
This paper uses micro-data fromtheWorld Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership and access to external finance affect the likelihood of manufacturers in emerging markets to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010478932
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International trade and firm performance: A survey of empirical studies since 2006
Wagner, Joachim - 2011
The literature on international trade and firm performance grows exponentially. This paper attempts to summarize what we learn from this literature to guide both future empirical and theoretical work in this area, and public debates and policy makers, in an evidence-based way. The focus is on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286582
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Foreign Ownership and the Extensive Margins of Exports: Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2013
We examine how foreign ownership of a firm affects the variety of goods that the firm exports and the number of countries it trades with. We construct a simple theoretical model of how foreign ownership may affect these extensive margins of exports and take this model to data from Germany, one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010902036
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International Trade and Firm Performance: A Survey of Empirical Studies since 2006
Wagner, Joachim - 2011
The literature on international trade and firm performance grows exponentially. This paper attempts to summarize what we learn from this literature to guide both future empirical and theoretical work in this area, and public debates and policy makers, in an evidence-based way. The focus is on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193205
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World Market Access of Emerging-Market Firms: The Role of Foreign Ownership and Access to External Finance
Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - 2014
This paper uses micro-data fromtheWorld Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership and access to external finance affect the likelihood of manufacturers in emerging markets to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095644
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Migration as an adjustment mechanism in the crisis? A comparison of Europe and the United States
Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - 2014
The question of whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market is an important criterion for an optimal currency area. It is of particular interest currently in the context of high and rising levels of labour market disparities, in particular within the Eurozone where there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010478924