productivity in the rest of the economy. To separate exogenous gains in ICT from other technological progress, we use the relative …

We study the impact of techies—engineers and other technically trained workers—on firm-level productivity. We first …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this … of techies on productivity operates mostly through ICT and other techies, not R&D workers. Engineers have a greater …

upgrading in foreign-acquired firms. We reveal substantial productivity gains within foreign-acquired firms and we show that …