framework of heterogeneous firms, assuming that foreign workers allow for productivity gains and convey valuable information on … foreign markets. We illustrate that foreign workers foster exports at the extensive and the intensive margins. This effect can … find that foreign-born workers, and especially skilled individuals, foster exports at both margins. On average, a firm …

Sub-Saharan Africa is the region where firms face the greatest hurdles when it comes to cross-border trading. This … paper examines how these firms, relative to their counterparts in the developing world, would respond to changes in the … infrastructure contributes to increasing the probability of firms' entry into exporting and importing, as well as to the extent of …

How can policymakers promote women-led exporting firms? In this paper, we study the role of online business platforms … important role in making trade more gender equal. To assess this hypothesis, we combine information on firms' participation in … long period. We find that participation in this platform is associated with a significantly larger increase in exports for …

Using establishment-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, we assess the market power of exporting firms …, we construct exchange rate-driven shocks to the marginal revenue product of individual firms. By examining firms … market power. In our preferred specification, we estimate that workers employed in exporting firms produce on the margin 83 …