We analyze the export decision of the Turkish manufacturing plants from 1990 to 2001. In addition to the presence of high sunk costs of entry in export markets, we find support for the hypothesis that the full history of exporting matters for the current export decision. However, the effect of...

We investigate the relationship between export orientation and female share of employment in the Turkish manufacturing sector, during 1983-85, following the onset of export-led industrialization policies. Using plant-level data we find that female share of employment in a plant increases with...

Foreign direct investment has been considered for a long time as an important channel for transfer of technology to developing countries, and an important tool to generate jobs in those countries. Multinationals bring the factor that developing countries need most, capital, and therefore, they...