Exports, Export Destinations, and Skills

Irene Brambilla, Daniel Lederman and Guido Porto

American Economic Review, 2012, vol. 102, issue 7, 3406-38

Abstract: This paper explores the links between exports, export destinations, and skill utilization. We identify two mechanisms behind these links: differences across destinations in quality valuation and in exporting required services, activities that are intensive in skilled labor. Depending on the characteristics of the source country (income, language), the theories suggest a skill-bias in export destinations. We test the theory using a panel of Argentine manufacturing firms. We find that Argentine firms exporting to high-income countries hired more skilled workers than other exporters and domestic firms. Instead, we cannot identify any causal effect of exporting per se on skill utilization. (JEL F14, F16, J24, L60, O14, O19)

JEL-codes: F14 F16 J24 L60 O14 O19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.7.3406
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