exporting firms and the determinants of the exporting behavior in the Egyptian manufacturing sector in general and to … investigate the link between the exporting activities and the workforce skills-intensity in the Egyptian manufacturing sector in … specific. Several methods to estimate the probability and intensity of exporting are presented. The main findings indicate that …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our microeconometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our microeconometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …

, while exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. …While the role of exports in promoting growth in general, and productivity in particular, has been investigated … at the firm level been used to look at the extent and causes of productivity differentials between exporters and their …

first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of foreign …

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

exporting increases productivity. …A wide range of empirical studies has analysed the relationship between exports and productivity in the manufacturing … provides first evidence about export and productivity in the German business services sector. The database used is the German …

document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … world market for goods. Furthermore, for the first time the direction of causality in this relationship is investigated … systematically by testing for self-selection of more productive firms into importing, and for productivity-enhancing effects of …

-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of …, therefore, seems to be useful to guide empirical work on the relation between exports, R&D and productivity for services firms …

for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of … guide empirical work on the relation between exports, R&D and productivity. …