Export Orientation and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa, Issues 2002-2089 |
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Introduction | 3 |
Conclusion 27 | 11 |
Estimated Productivity Equation | 19 |
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16 percent Africa Breusch-Pagan Test Clerides competition from imports Descriptive Statistics developing economies DIRECT EXAFRICA direct exporters domestic intermediaries errors in parentheses establishment is currently Ethiopia Ethiopian firms export market participation exporters and exporters exporting status exporting to destinations flow fixed costs foreign direct investment foreign license foreign links foreign ownership foreign partners foreign technical assistance Ghana and Kenya Ghanaian sample higher productivity hold a foreign IMPORT COMPETITON IMPORT_COMPETITION import-intensity indirect industries intermediate inputs Kenya Ghana Kenyan and Ghanaian Kenyan sample learning by exporting learning-by-exporting hypothesis LICENSE_FTA Log AGE Log AGE)]² Log EMPLOYMENT Log EMPLOYMENT)]² log of constant marginal costs market participation equation Metalwork monopolistic competition NBER Working Paper Number of firms Number of observations output percent level Percent_IMPORTED premium of direct premium of exporters productive than non-exporters productivity equation region selection effects Standard errors statistically significant sub-groups of exporters technical assistance contract Textiles three countries total factor productivity Wald Chi-sq