firm-level productivity paths differ between firms with varying degrees of exposure to international trade in India, the … productivity and a proxy for labor productivity, we find significant ex-ante differences in productivity between exporters and non …-exporters and no difference in the ex-post productivity gains. These findings suggest that even in a large emerging economy with …

The empirical evidence on learning by exporting is mixed. In this paper, we examine whether productivity growth among … exporting with regard to age, size, or productivity. The study finds that exporters grow bigger at a significantly higher rate … than their domestic counterparts. But the growth in size does not appear to translate into growth in productivity after …