Learning-by-exporting versus self-selection: New evidence for 19 sub-Saharan African countries

Neil Foster-McGregor, Anders Isaksson and Florian Kaulich

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 125, issue 2, 212-214

Abstract: We examine learning-by-exporting effects of manufacturing and services firms in 19 sub-Saharan African countries. Comparing several outlier-robust estimators, our results provide evidence for positive effects in the manufacturing sector when using the MM estimator, but not in the services sector.

Keywords: Trade; Productivity; Learning by exporting; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 J24 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.09.011

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