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 …

economic activity. If firms are more similar with respect to their total factor productivity, each company faces a lower …

-saving in the sense of Acemoglu (2010). Nevertheless, labor scarcity induces labor productivity growth. There is a weak but no …

where R&D efficiency varies across countries and productivity differences emerge from firm-level technology investments. The … theory characterizes how innovation and learning determine technology gaps, trade and global income inequality. Countries …