Exports and Productivity Growth:First Evidence from a Continuous Treatment Approach

A recent survey of 54 micro-econometric studies reveals that exporting firms are moreproductive than non-exporters. On the other hand, previous empirical studies show thatexporting does not necessarily improve productivity. One possible reason for this result isthat most previous studies are restricted to analysing the relationship between a firm's exportstatus and the growth of its labour productivity, using the firms' export status as a binarytreatment variable and comparing the performance of exporting and non-exporting firms...