We study the impact of techies—engineers and other technically trained workers—on firm-level productivity. We first … STEM-skill intensive and are associated with innovation, as well as with technology adoption, management, and diffusion …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this …

We study the gains from trade in a model with oligopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms and innovation, and … increases welfare via productivity improvements. In the calibrated version of the model we show that a trade-induced increase in … concentration contributes substantially to the gains from trade, mostly via its stimulating effect on innovation. Sizeable gains …

interactions between MP and trade. According to the model with MP, supply-side productivity shocks contributed to the collapse of … to shocks that affected aggregate productivity and were specific to multinationals in a few key headquarters countries …

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

This paper studies the effect of structural change on the historical path of aggregate labor productivity growth for a … that structural change may have on future productivity growth. We document that the observed reallocation of economic … activity since the 1970s towards the service sector has exerted a strongly negative effect on aggregate productivity growth in …

business size in an industry fosters growth in terms of total factor productivity (TFP). The results suggest that the overall …