海外留学经历促进了企业出口吗

Is Foreign Study Experience Helpful to Increase Firms' Export?

本文基于2000—2007年的微观企业数据全面考察了海外留学经历对企业出口行为的影响。结果表明:CEO的海外留学经历通过交易成本降低效应和技术进步效应显著提高了企业的出口概率、出口强度、出口产品范围和出口产品质量,促进了母国与留学国家之间的贸易往来;标准化系数分析表明CEO的海外留学经历对企业出口集约边际的影响大于扩展边际,并且在集约边际内部,其对企业出口的影响更多是通过调整出口产品质量的方式来实现的;海外留学经历对企业出口的影响因留学国家经济发展水平、海归人才性别以及就职类型的不同而具有显著的异质性。本文结论对中国有效挖掘海归CEO在提升企业出口竞争力方面的优势和潜力具有重要的政策参考价值。

Based on the firm-level micro data from 2000 to 2007, this paper comprehensively and systematically investigates the effects of foreign study experience of CEOs on firms＇ export behavior. The results show that：（1） Foreign study experience have a significant effect on firms＇ export propensity, export intensity and product quality;（2） Standard coefficient analysis shows that the effect of intensive margin is greater than extensive margin;（3） The effects of returnees on firms＇ export are significantly different according to the economic development level of the countries where returnees have studied abroad, the gender of returnees and firms＇ ownership. All in all, this paper can provide important policy reference for China to effectively tap the advantages and potential value of returnees in rising China＇s export competitiveness.