Table 9
Comparison of export starters and non-exporters

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Comparison of export starters and non-exporters
Means Labour productivity growth
Pre-entry (1984 to 1990) Post-entry (1990 to 1996) Difference
  percentage points
Unmatched sample  
Plants that changed export status (export starters, 1,410 observations) -0.9 2.3 3.2
Plants that did not change export status (non-exporters, 7,539 observations) -1.4 -2.4 -1.0
Difference between exporters and non-exporters 0.5 4.7 * 4.2 *
Matched sample  
Plants that changed export status (export starters, 1,410 observations) -0.9 2.3 3.2
Plants that did not change export status (non-exporters, 1,410 observations) -0.8 -1.6 -0.8
Difference between exporter starters and non-exporters -0.1 3.9 * 4.0 *
Note(s):
* significant at the 5 percent level.
Source(s):
Authors' calculations.