Belgium. Both imports and exports appear to be highly concentrated among few firms and seem to have become more so over time …. Focusing on manufacturing, we find that facts previously reported in the literature for exports only actually apply to imports …. The same is true if we consider the number of products traded. With regard to productivity differentials, firms that both …

Belgium. Both imports and exports appear to be highly concentrated among few firms and seem to have become more so over time …. Focusing on manufacturing, we find that facts previously reported in the literature for exports only actually apply to imports …. The same is true if we consider the number of products traded. With regard to productivity differentials, firms that both …

Belgium. Both imports and exports appear to be highly concentrated among few firms and seem to have become more so over time …. Focusing on manufacturing, we find that facts previously reported in the literature for exports only actually apply to imports …. The same is true if we consider the number of products traded. With regard to productivity differentials, firms that both …

Belgium. Both imports and exports appear to be highly concentrated among few firms and seem to have become more so over time …. Focusing on manufacturing, we find that facts previously reported in the literature for exports only actually apply to imports …. The same is true if we consider the number of products traded. With regard to productivity differentials, firms that both …

. -- Heterogeneous firms ; exports ; imports ; wage ; skills ; market heterogeneity … exports, imports or a combination of the two. We show that failing to control for the importing activities may bias upward … workers than non exporters. Second, we consider the engagement of firms in international transactions, either by means of …

This paper focuses on self-selection into trade by exporting and importing firms, and on the presence of differential … variable and sunk costs between exporters and importers across different categories of imports. In addition the authors … for Turkish manufacturing firms for the period 2003-2010. This allows them to provide a comprehensive analysis of firm …

One of the most important predictions made in recent international trade literature based on heterogeneous firms … concerns the within-industry job reallocation from firms not involved in international markets to those that are. This paper … quantifies the extent of this reallocation using a dataset of Belgian manufacturing firms from 1998 to 2004 providing information …

We study the impact of techies-engineers and other technically trained workers-on firm-level productivity. We first … within firms. Using structural econometric methods, we estimate the causal effect of techies on firm-level Hicks …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this …

Inequalities between workers of different skills have been growing in the era of globalization. Firms …’ internationalization mode has an impact on job stability. Exporting firms are not only exposed to different foreign shocks, they also pay … workers is expected to be less volatile than for unskilled workers. In this paper we study the relationship between firms …

Inequalities between workers of different skills have been growing in the era of globalization. Firms …' internationalization mode has an impact on job stability. Exporting firms are not only exposed to different foreign shocks, they also pay … workers is expected to be less volatile than for unskilled workers. In this paper we study the relationship between firms …