This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity in Brazilian manufacturing firms over the … productivity growth (learning-by-exporting hypothesis) using matching techniques to control for the possibility that selection into … exports may not be a random process. The results confirm the self-selection hypothesis and show that starting to export yields …

Drawing on a representative sample of firms, this paper presents some microeconomic evidence on the productivity growth … entry to overall productivity growth in Croatia is surprisingly negative. This is contrary to what would be expected based … used to support enhancements in firm productivity. In addition, appropriate bankruptcy rules play a key role by easing the …

unequivocally improved the reallocative process. The correlation between productivity and employment growth did not strengthen and … the crisis induced the exit of relatively productive firms. The attenuation of the relationship between productivity and … entered during the crisis were relatively more productive, which helped mitigate the reduction in aggregate productivity …

-side and supply-side factors on industrywide aggregate productivity. The paper focuses on the effects of three factors: (1 … competition, which enables interpreting the estimated coefficients of a reduced form, dynamic productivity equation. The paper … blocks. In this industry, the expansion of the local market boosts industrywide total factor revenue productivity, while …

This paper examines whether export participation matters for job training. The paper draws on longitudinal worker … uses industry-specific exchange rate movements to generate exogenous variation in export status at the firm-level. The … findings indicate that export participation tends to increase the share of workers who receive technical upgrading. The results …

on learning outcomes. The potential endogeneity is addressed through the use of difference-in-difference and instrumental … variable estimators. A negative effect of working on learning outcomes in math and Portuguese is found. The effects of child … a half of a year of learning on average …

neglected in the literature yet have direct contributions to welfare and productivity. The paper finds that when the analysis … accounts for these channels, the traditional focus on long-run gains in Total Factor Productivity from reversing misallocation …

corroborated in the data, as potential exit is not predicated on the size of firms, their age, or their productivity …

Empirical literature on digital technologies for student learning is generally unable to identify separately whether … learning gains arise from reciprocity in response to the gift of a valuable gadget (the' gadget effect') or from increasing … content. The findings show that six to eight months of exposure to eReaders led to modest positive impacts on learning, but …