This paper examines the relationship between exports, productivity, and technological innovation. It first analyzes the … causality between the firms’ export behavior and productivity. Unlike other papers using a similar methodology, our results show … no evidence of learning by exporting. In fact, although once the firms begin exporting total productivity increases by …

process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the past decade. In general, the evidence … suggests there is not a contemporaneous effect of product innovation on productivity, but there is a positive effect of process … results show the presence of lagged effects product innovation on productivity two years after innovation. Compared with the …

process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the past decade. In general, the evidence … suggests there is not a contemporaneous effect of product innovation on productivity, but there is a positive effect of process … results show the presence of lagged effects product innovation on productivity two years after innovation. Compared with the …

By the end of 2007, Chile's total factor productivity was lower than ten years earlier, a performance that contrasted … in Chile, by decomposing productivity into investment-specific technological change (associated with improvements in the … sharply with the previous decade, when productivity grew by a cumulative 30 percent. This paper assesses productivity trends …

Chile, applying sample selection and discrete choice models. We find that more educated farmers, with credit access … diffusion of modern irrigation is a main obstacle for improving small-scale farmer productivity. …