Data and Code for: COVID-19 Shifted Patent Applications toward Technologies that Support Working from Home

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Steven J Davis, University of Chicago. Booth School of Business; Yulia Zhestkova, University of Chicago; Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University. Institute for Research in the Social Sciences

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wfhflag_full_text.csv text/csv 92.7 MB 01/27/2021 06:23:PM

Project Citation: 

Davis, Steven J, Zhestkova, Yulia, and Bloom, Nicholas. Data and Code for: COVID-19 Shifted Patent Applications toward Technologies that Support Working from Home. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-07-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E130981V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Replication package for "“COVID-19 Shifted Patent Applications toward
Technologies that Support Working from Home," AER Papers & Proceedings, May 2021.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Not applicable

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms innovation; covid; text analysis; working from home; technological change
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      J21 Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
      O30 Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2010 – 9/11/2020
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 1/7/2010 – 12/24/2020
Universe:  View help for Universe Patent applications filed with USPTO and published from January 7th, 2010 till December 24th, 2020.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source United States Patent Office, 2010-2020
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Number of patent applications per month

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