high quality Export Data and Price of doa

  • high quality Export Data and Price of doa
  • high quality Export Data and Price of doa
  • high quality Export Data and Price of doa
  • Does export quality converge across countries?
  • This paper develops new estimates of export quality, based on bilateral data, which are far more extensive than previous efforts. The data cover 166 countries and more than 800 products over the period 1962–2014. The analysis finds that, within any given product line, export quality on average converges rapidly across countries.
  • What is the new data set on export quality?
  • We develop a new data set on export quality. This data set is far more extensive than previous efforts, covering 166 countries over 1962–2014, and providing breakdowns up to the SITC 4-digit and BEC 3-digit levels, for a total of more than 20 million quality estimates.
  • Does export quality increase during early stages of development?
  • This paper develops new estimates of export quality, based on bilateral data, which are far more extensive than pre-vious eforts. The data cover 166 countries and hundreds of products over 1962–2014. The analysis finds that quality upgrading is particularly rapid during the early stages of development.
  • How is export quality estimated?
  • Export quality was estimated using as the main instrument (a) the nearest lag of unit values; or (b) the furthest lag of unit values (see Sect. 2 in main text for details). The estimates were comparable across the two procedures, as illustrated below for the automotive and the clothing sectors (Figs. 9, 10).
  • Do export quality levels vary between high-income and low-income countries?
  • Among high income countries, average export quality levels only vary within a narrow band. In contrast, among and within developing countries, and in particular low-income countries, average quality levels vary 24 Market share is measured as a country’s exports as a percentage of total world exports of that product.
  • Can export quality be measured based on intangible product characteristics?
  • As wages paid to highly skilled workers are higher than average, the hiring of newly skilled employees affects the labor force composition within an industry and leads to an augmentation of average wages paid. As product quality corresponds to intangible product characteristics, one major challenge of this paper is to measure export quality.

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