Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Gaetan de Rassenfosse
Author-Workplace-Name: Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne
Author-Name: Gabriele Pellegrino
Author-Workplace-Name: Catholic University of Milan
Title: International Mobility of Inventors and Innovation: Empirical Evidence from the Collapse of the Soviet Union
Abstract: This paper assesses the extent to which the international migration of inventors affects innovation in the receiving country. Drawing on a novel database that maps the migratory patterns of inventors, we exploit the end of the Soviet Union and the consequent post-1992 influx of ex-Soviet inventors to the United States. Econometric analysis on a panel of U.S. cities and technological fields shows that the patenting activity of U.S. inventors increased significantly after the arrival of ex-Soviet Union inventors.
Classification-JEL: O31; O34; O51; J61
Keywords: geographic mobility; innovation; inventors; patents
Length: 7 pages
Creation-Date: 2023-10
File-URL:  https://cdm-repec.epfl.ch/iip-wpaper/WP23.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Handle:  RePEc:iip:wpaper:23