-distributed firm productivity and fixed costs of exporting, predicts that, conditional on the fixed costs of exporting, all variation … lognormal distribution of firm productivity allows the Melitz model to successfully match the role of the intensive margin … methods and the EDD, a generalized Melitz model with a joint lognormal distribution for firm productivity, fixed costs and …

This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity in Brazilian manufacturing firms over the … significantly, but with stagnant aggregate growth in total factor productivity. The paper first estimates firm-level total factor … productivity under alternative assumptions (exogenous and endogenous law of motion for productivity) following a GMM procedure. In …

This paper evaluates the role of export destinations on productivity, employment, and wages of Turkish firms by … observables, including sector, region, employment, total factor productivity (TFP), capital intensity, wages, support from …

, capital accumulation and total factor productivity growth. The analysis finds causal evidence that trade integration fosters … intra-regional trade are channeled through enhanced total factor productivity growth …

corroborated in the data, as potential exit is not predicated on the size of firms, their age, or their productivity …

This paper analyzes changes in agricultural productivity gender gaps in C?te d'Ivoire between 2008 and 2016 using …, but it is particularly remarkable for export crop productivity, likely due to increased adoption of fertilizer and …

tight link between exemplary performance and initial plant productivity, which is robust to many controls, including plant … associated with subsequent growth in firm productivity …