Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/195580 
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Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
cege Discussion Papers No. 368
Publisher: 
University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege), Göttingen
Abstract: 
Female-run firms are less likely to be exporters although they exert positive influence in various aspects in an economy and society. With a new and comprehensive data set on manufacturing plants, I investigate the exporter productivity premium of female-run firms in Germany. The results show that female-run firms gain a higher exporter-productivity premium than male-run firms. I find evidence for selection into exporting but no impact for learning from exporting for female-run exporting firms. These results give hint to discrimination barriers that female-run firms face when they are exporting as compared to male-run firm exporters.
Subjects: 
Gender Inequality
Exporter-Productivity Premium
Germany
Firm Heterogeneity
JEL: 
F14
L25
L60
O12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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