we study the drivers of knowledge diffusion by looking at the dynamics of the export basket of countries, with particular … terms of ability to expand the export basket of countries, a migrant with college education or above is about ten times more …

The transition into non-traditional export activities attracts important policy and academic attention. Using … international trade data, we explore how alternative linkages relate to the take-off and acceleration of export industries … labor. Technology has a predictive power depending on the specification used. We consistently find, however, that export …