Harrigan, James; Reshef, Ariell; Toubal, Farid - 2023
We study the impact of techies-engineers and other technically trained workers-on firm-level productivity. We first … within firms. Using structural econometric methods, we estimate the causal effect of techies on firm-level Hicks …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this …