Wages, productivity and international trade in Greece

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Καραμπίνη, Βιολέτα
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Karampini, Violeta
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: 2020
• Θέματα: Export status; Greek plants; Labor productivity; Wages; Learning-by-exporting; Self-selection; Εξαγωγικό στάτους; Ελληνικές επιχειρήσεις; Εργασιακή παραγωγικότητα; Μισθοί

During recent years, studies using data for plants, try to demonstrate that exporters differ from non-exporters within the same industry in terms of productivity and wages. Much empirical evidence indicates exporting producers have higher productivity than non-exporters and thus pay higher wages but the mechanism that generates this is not as clear. This dissertation presents empirical tests with Greek firm-level data in 2008-2013 to study the linkages between labor productivity and the choice to participate in export market. One view tested is that exporters acquire knowledge of new designs; production methods by openness and this learning results in higher productivity for exporters relative to those firms serve the domestic market. Known as learning- by-exporting hypothesis. Here, premia ranges from 23,6% to 52,9%. Alternatively, being highly productive may reflect efficient firm’s choice to be producer into a highly competitive export market. Known as self-selection hypothesis.