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 …

this paper, we investigate whether higher productivity causally leads to lower tax evasion. We first present stylized facts … emerging and developing economies. Our results suggests that productivity improvements by firms can lead to lower tax evasion. …