Export and productivity of enterprises: Based on the data of Chinese listed enterprises in manufacturing industry

摘要

Based on the heterogeneous firm trade theory, we choose the data of Chinese listed enterprises in manufacturing industry from 2010 to 2014 to examine the relationship between export and the productivity of enterprises. In order to eliminate simultaneity and selectivity biases, we calculate the total factor productivity through Levinsohn-Petrin estimation. For the sake of robustness, we choose both labor productivity and total factor productivity as the representative of productivity respectively to examine the existence of self-selection effect and learning by exporting effect. The empirical results show that enterprises do not have self-selection effect but have learning by exporting effect. So they are with the regression results year by year. Thus, Chinese enterprises can improve their international competitiveness by export.