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Analysis Of Firm-level Panel Data From Three Sub-saharan African Economies Shows That Exporting Manufacturers Have A Total Factor Productivity Premium Of 11-28 Percent. The Data Do Not Allow Testing Of Whether These Premiums Are Caused By Selection Of More Efficient Producers Into Exporting Or By Learning-by-exporting. By Thinking About The Mechanisms Behind Selectivity And Learning, However, Our Finding Of Higher Premiums For Direct Exporters And Exporters To Outside Africa Could Be Interpreted As Being Consistent With Learning-by-exporting Effects. However, If Learning-by-exporting Is Indeed Present In The Data, We Cannot Disentangle Its Effect On Productivity From Those Of More Traditionally Recognized Channels Of International Technology Diffusion. Catherine Pattillo, Taye Mengistae. Bibliographic Level Mode Of Issuance: Monograph English