; exporter wage premium ; Germany …

; exporter wage premium ; Germany …

Wirtschaftspolitik und ihr soll in dieser Arbeit nachgegangen werden. -- export-led growth ; trade ; productivity ; firm heterogeneity …

This paper examines the causal relationship between productivity and exporting in German manufacturing. We find a … causal link from high productivity to presence in foreign markets, as postulated by a recent literature on international … markets enables firms to achieve further productivity improvements, without finding significant evidence for this. We conclude …

-Arbeitnehmer-Datensatzes für Deutschland verfolgen wir Betriebe, die anfangen zu exportieren, über die Zeit. Wir zeigen, dass der …

This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between productivity and size of the export market for Germany, a leading … more productive than firms that sell their products in Germany only, but less productive than firms that export to …

presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on …. Results for West Germany support the hypothesis that the productivity differential between exporters and non-exporters is at … literature to document that the positive productivity differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically …