We analyse how changes in international trade integration affect productivity and the functional income distribution … integration increases productivity. Second, we show that international trade integration is associated with higher labour shares …

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 …