immigrant entrepreneurs have a positive, significant and economically meaningful effect on exports. We find that increasing the … stock of (non- entrepreneur) immigrants by 10% would lead to a 1.7% increase in exports in manufacturing towards immigrants …' countries of origin, while increasing the number of immigrant entrepreneurs in manufacturing by 10% would raise exports by about …

creation of domestic value added and employment in exports highlighting how, with GVCs, export competitiveness is inextricably …

increases employment and average wages. Gains in productivity and employment are particularly large when firms enter exports …

sectors and regions. In a first step, firm level data are used to assess the empirical relationship between exports and three …

and 2014, in terms of the steel products exported and the market destination for those exports. To shed light on how …

Portugal has notably increased its international openness over recent decades, with exports’ share of GDP rising by 20 … expansion. While an improvement in price competitiveness played a significant role, the majority of the increase in exports was …

added in its own exports, its capacity to provide intermediate inputs to other countries’ exports is still limited. This …

engaged in international markets, drawing on micro-data from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, the United … Kingdom, and the United States. It first describes the patterns of services exports and affiliate sales at the firm level …