of relative wages. However, it is hard to estimate because skill supply is endogenous. We tackle the task by using …

We conduct an empirical investigation into the effects of foreign ownership on worker skills using firm-level data from … raise the skills of their workforce in response to the acquisition by hiring high-skilled workers and providing worker … upgrading in foreign-acquired firms. We reveal substantial productivity gains within foreign-acquired firms and we show that …

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 …

knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a Solovian zone where wages increase with … productivity, to a Marxian zone where they paradoxically decline with productivity. This is because as consumption of a given good … more unevenly distributed than productivity, technical progress always increases inequality. Redistribution from profits to …

development of wages and employment across skill groups, there is considerable disagreement to explain these trends, in particular …

, including tested numeracy skills as a proxy for unobserved ability. We find that job training reduces workers’ automation risk … and increasing wages across nearly all countries, underscoring the external validity of our findings. Women tend to …

determinants of cross-country differences in the persistence of productivity differentials Specifically, we focus on the effects of … convergence rates. Consistent with theories, the persistence of productivity differentials is found to be positively correlated …, productivity convergence appears to be enhanced by human capital but deterred by government spending. …

workforce and fully benefiting from technology adoption. We show that digital technology adoption shifted the demand for skills …