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 …

for productivity and demand effects - and this is mostly accounted for by immigration from low- to medium-income source …This paper estimates conditional demand models to examine the impact of offshoring, technological change, and migration … on the labour demand of native workers differentiated by four different types of occupational groups: managers …

trade and technology in the mid-1980s. In this paper, we examine the impact of technology on employment and skill demand … within the Indian manufacturing sector. Estimating a dynamic labour demand equation, we find that that despite reducing the …. However, qualitative effect of technology on labour demand has been very significant. Our results show that adoption of new …

While policymakers talk of "green skills", there is little systematic empirical research on the demand for skills that … to gauge the ways in which the demand for these competences respond to environmental regulation. We find that green … technology. Environmental regulation triggers technological and organizational changes that increase the demand for these skills …