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Understanding Manufactured Exporters at the Firm‐Level: New Insights from Using SARS Administrative Data
Author(s) -
Matthee Marianne,
Rankin Neil,
Webb Tasha,
Bezuidenhout Carli
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
south african journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1813-6982
pISSN - 0038-2280
DOI - 10.1111/saje.12158
Subject(s) - business , productivity , destinations , industrial organization , work (physics) , track (disk drive) , population , economics , tourism , geography , economic growth , computer science , mechanical engineering , demography , archaeology , sociology , engineering , operating system
Existing South African work on firm‐level data has been limited by access to large datasets that track firms over time. This paper overcomes this by analysing a new dataset of the population of manufacturing firms that are matched to their export transactions. South African firm‐level exporting is similar to the stylised facts of firm‐level exporting found internationally. Moreover, heterogeneity that exists within exporting is evident. Not only do exporters differ in terms of the amount exported, but also in terms of the number of products and destinations they export too. These in turn are related to firm‐level characteristics including productivity.