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 …

We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … off-shoring") is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way … productivity growth is there with our direct measures based on input-output data but disappears when either a broad measure or the …

productivity-enhancing effect. The reform of fixed-term contracts instead did not produce the intended results: it induced a … substitution of temporary employees in favour of permanent ones and reduced capital intensity, generating productivity losses. We …

explore the influence of productivity growth, the industrial relations record of the pair, the influence of industry and …

to make the proper adjustments for international productivity differences. The central tool is a factor conversion matrix …