TY - JOUR

T1 - Exports and Productivity in Germany

AU - Wagner, Joachim

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - Using unique recently released nationally representative high-quality longitudinal data at the plant level, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the world market for manufactured goods. It documents that the positive productivity differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically significant, and substantial, even when observed firm characteristics and unobserved firm specific effects are controlled for...

AB - Using unique recently released nationally representative high-quality longitudinal data at the plant level, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the world market for manufactured goods. It documents that the positive productivity differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically significant, and substantial, even when observed firm characteristics and unobserved firm specific effects are controlled for...

KW - Economics

KW - Deutschland

KW - Export

KW - Arbeitsproduktivität

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 53

SP - 353

EP - 373

JO - Applied Economics Quarterly

JF - Applied Economics Quarterly

SN - 1611-6607

IS - 4

ER -