of techies on productivity operates mostly through ICT and other techies, not R&D workers. Engineers have a greater …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 …

This paper looks at the channels through which intangible assets affect productivity. The econometric analysis exploits … a new dataset on intangible investment (INTAN-Invest) in conjunction with EUKLEMS productivity estimates for 10 EU … member states from 1998 to 2007. We find that (a) the marginal impact of ICT capital is higher when it is complemented with …