Learning-by-Doing, Learning-by-Exporting, and Productivity : Evidence from Colombia

• Tác giả: Alberto E Isgut
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 986.1 *Colombia
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 302346
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCOUNTING; 2. ANNUAL OBSERVATIONS; 3. AVERAGE VARIABLE COSTS; 4. CAPITAL GOODS; 5. CONSUMERS

Tóm tắt

The empirical evidence on whether participation in export markets increases plant-level productivity has been inconclusive so far. The authors explain this inconclusiveness by drawing on Arrow's (1962) characterization of learning-by-doing, which suggests focusing on young plants and using measures of export experience rather than export participation. They find strong evidence of learning-by-exporting for young Colombian manufacturing plants between 1981 and 1991: total factor productivity increases 4-5 percent for each additional year a plant has exported, after controlling for the effect of current exports on total factor productivity. Learning-by-exporting is more important for young than for old plants and in industries that deliver a larger percentage of their exports to high-income countries.