International Mobility of Inventors and Innovation: Empirical Evidence from the Collapse of the Soviet Union

Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Gabriele Pellegrino

Working Papers from Chair of Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

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.

Keywords: geographic mobility; innovation; inventors; patents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 O31 O34 O51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 7 pages
Date: 2023-10
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cis, nep-his, nep-ino, nep-int, nep-mig, nep-tid, nep-tra and nep-ure
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