Human Capital and Exports: A Micro-level Analysis of Transition Countries

Arta Mulliqi; Nick Adnett; Mehtap Hisarciklilar

doi:10.1080/09638199.2019.1603319

Human Capital and Exports: A Micro-level Analysis of Transition Countries

Arta Mulliqi, Nick Adnett, Mehtap Hisarciklilar

FBL School of Economics, Finance and Accounting

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Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of human capital endowments on export intensity employing firm level data for 29 transition economies. A particular focus is placed on comparing and contrasting Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEECs) with those from the former Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The impact of the share of employees with higher education, provision of on-the-job training, years of experience of the top manager and labour cost on export intensity is assessed. To test these relationships, Tobit and Fractional Logit approaches are adopted. The estimation results suggest that, overall, having a more educated workforce exerts a positive impact on the export intensity of firms in transition economies, the magnitude being larger for CEECs. Average labour cost, as an alternative measure, also turns out to exert a positive but stronger impact. Insufficient evidence is found of a role for training programmes and years of experience of the top manager.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	775-800
Number of pages	26
Journal	The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development
Volume	28
Issue number	7
Early online date	11 Apr 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09638199.2019.1603319
Publication status	Published - 3 Oct 2019

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development on 11/04/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09638199.2019.1603319

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Keywords

education
Export intensity
human capital
transition economies

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Geography, Planning and Development
Development
Aerospace Engineering

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