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Project Citation: 

Brambilla, Irene, Lederman, Daniel, and Porto, Guido. Replication data for: Exports, Export Destinations, and Skills. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112572V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This paper explores the links between exports, export destinations, and skill utilization. We identify two mechanisms behind these links: differences across destinations in quality valuation and in exporting required services, activities that are intensive in skilled labor. Depending on the characteristics of the source country (income, language), the theories suggest a skill-bias in export destinations. We test the theory using a panel of Argentine manufacturing firms. We find that Argentine firms exporting to high-income countries hired more skilled workers than other exporters and domestic firms. Instead, we cannot identify any causal effect of exporting per se on skill utilization. (JEL F14, F16, J24, L60, O14, O19)

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      F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
      F16 Trade and Labor Market Interactions
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      L60 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
      O14 Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
      O19 International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations


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