literature to formalize the implications of robot technology. As for the first question, we establish robust evidence that ex … robots, and a productivity-enhancing reallocation of labor across firms, away from non-adopters, and toward adopters. …

industry productivity. For this purpose we develop a reciprocal dumping model of international trade with heterogeneous firms … expected industry productivity. The central results of the paper regarding firm and industry level R&D spending differ …

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 …

’s foreign intelligence service to sector-specific gaps in total factor productivity (TFP) between West and East Germany. Based … proxies for technology transfer. We further demonstrate that the economic returns to industrial espionage are primarily driven …

This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D to innovation and innovation to productivity relationships, which have mostly … conditional mean of labor productivity: through an observed binary indicator, an observed intensity variable or through the … Community Innovation Survey. The results provide evidence of robust unidirectional causality from innovation to productivity and …

shaped their productivity? Has a diverse mindset been central for individual's prosperity? This research advances the … proximity and distinctiveness, creating an individual mindset that is conducive for productivity. While a limited cultural … capital formation, and productivity. Leveraging the rich web of ancestries of the modern US population, we provide supporting …

quantity of education. The new measure has a strong link to productivity with the potential for productivity gains being much … education policy (pre-primary education) on human capital and productivity to demonstrate the usefulness of the new measure for …