Learning-by-Exporting? Firm-Level Evidence for UK Manufacturing and Services Sectors



absorb some of the size effect - see van Biesebroeck (2005, section 5) for evidence on
this. Nevertheless, Girma
et. al. (op. cit.) found that the short-run impact of ‘learning-
by-exporting’ on growth was important, although the impact was generally quite
small.

Table 5: Average ‘learning-by-exporting’ effect, UK 1996-2004

Weighted average all
industries a


Weighted average all
industries excl. Retail and
Wholesale trade

IV model

EXP_entry t+1

-0.040

0.048

EXP_entry t

0.191

0.343

EXP_entry t-1

-0.025

-0.035

EXP_exit t+1

-0.126

-0.085

EXP_exit t

-0.053

-0.073

EXP_exit t-1

-0.034

0.032

EXP_both t+1

-0.066

-0.047

EXP_both t

0.135

0.186

EXP_both t-1

-0.047

0.048

Control function

EXP_entry t+1

-0.124

-0.171

EXP_entry t

0.919

0.842

EXP_entry t-1

-0.008

-0.011

EXP_exit t+1

-0.103

-0.077

EXP_exit t

-0.374

-0.023

EXP_exit t-1

0.020

0.027

EXP_both t+1

-0.062

-0.035

EXP_both t

0.815

0.609

EXP_both t-1

-0.037

-0.051

Matched sample

EXP_entry t+1

-0.057

0.050

EXP_entry t

0.100

0.211

EXP_entry t-1

-0.020

-0.027

EXP_exit t+1

-0.124

-0.076

EXP_exit t

-0.049

-0.068

EXP_exit t-1

-0.036

0.022

EXP_both t+1

-0.047

-0.021

EXP_both t

0.133

0.149

EXP_both t-1

-0.033

-0.018

a Average of all estimates in Table 4 that are significant at the 15% or better level (weighted by
industry shares of total real gross output in all industries).

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