Link between Exporting and Productivity
Firm Level Analysis for Indian Chemical Industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19449903 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vinish Kathuria (0000-0001-6263-6723, Associate Professor at SJM School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.), Anaka Aiyar (0000-0003-3525-7538, Anaka Aiyar, is a PhD scholar at University of California, Riverside.) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 309-331 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0971-7218 • E-ISSN: 0973-0796 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/097172181101600304 |
| OpenAlex | W2124240281 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
The theory that links exporting behaviour and productivity consists broadly of two hypotheses—the ‘self-selection hypothesis’—more productive firms venturing for exports and the ‘learning by exporting hypothesis’—exporting leads to increased productivity. This study measures the productivity differentials between exporters and non-exporters for 120 firms belonging to the Indian chemical industry to investigate if the self-selection hypothesis holds. The productivity differential comparison between exporters and non-exporters show that non-exporters have higher total factor productivity than exporters. Though labour productivity is higher in exporters than non-exporters, the yearly averages show that the labour productivity of exporters is converging to that on the non-exporters. In terms of capital productivity, overall averages show that exporters are more productive, but yearly trend shows that capital productivity of non-exporters has overtaken that of exporters over the years. With respect to self-selection hypothesis, the study does not find any evidence for it for the chemical industry. Prior exporting status, size, being part of a group and age are the only factors that induce a firm to go for exporting
Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · International economics · International trade · Labour economics · Productivity · Total factor productivity · Engineering · Global trade and economics · Indian Economic and Social Development · International Business and FDI
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| Highly cited | No |
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