Learning-by-Exporting: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing Industry
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Hsieh, Jui-Ying
Abstract
Whether exporters become more productive once they start exporting, which is referred to as the learning-by-exporting effect (LBE), has been an issue attracting much attention in the literature of productivity. However, no consensus has been reached regarding whether there exists LBE. This paper uses Chinese manufacturing firm-level data from 2000 to 2007 to reexamine the LBE effect. By using propensity score matching technique and difference in difference approach, this paper shows significant LBE effects after 2 years of exporting (productivity gains is 35.1% in the second year of exporting) and the LBE effects increasing steadily. After 5 years of exporting the productivity gains is 38.4%. This paper also shows that not all types of firms experience the LBE effects. In fact, firms experiencing productivity gains after exporting are those with private or joint-venture ownership, low-performing firms with productivity above sample average, and firms with large-sized scale of production (with employees above 250).
Subjects
Learning by Exporting
Type
thesis
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