Factor-Biased Efficiency Gains from Exporting: Evidence from Colombia
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| author | Hong, Joonkyo Luparello, Davide |
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| contents | This study examines whether exporting enhances efficiency and favors specific inputs. We develop a production function model within a dynamic exporting and investment framework, capturing factor-biased technical changes. Using Kalman filtering to address measurement error and propensity score matching to control for self-selection into exporting, we analyze Colombia's manufacturing sectors from 1981 to 1991. New exporters achieve a 4% annual increase in labor-augmenting and unskilled labor relative productivity, with no change in Hicks-neutral productivity. Unskilled labor-augmenting productivity grows by 8% annually, aligning with machinery asset expansion, while TFP rises by 3% per year. |
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| spellingShingle | Factor-Biased Efficiency Gains from Exporting: Evidence from Colombia Hong, Joonkyo Luparello, Davide General Economics Economics This study examines whether exporting enhances efficiency and favors specific inputs. We develop a production function model within a dynamic exporting and investment framework, capturing factor-biased technical changes. Using Kalman filtering to address measurement error and propensity score matching to control for self-selection into exporting, we analyze Colombia's manufacturing sectors from 1981 to 1991. New exporters achieve a 4% annual increase in labor-augmenting and unskilled labor relative productivity, with no change in Hicks-neutral productivity. Unskilled labor-augmenting productivity grows by 8% annually, aligning with machinery asset expansion, while TFP rises by 3% per year. |
| title | Factor-Biased Efficiency Gains from Exporting: Evidence from Colombia |
| topic | General Economics Economics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.14016 |