Data and Code for: Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Francesco Lissoni, Bordeaux School of Economics, UMR 6060 - University of Bordeaux; Ernest Miguelez, Institute for Public Goods and Policies - CSIC

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Project Citation: 

Lissoni, Francesco, and Miguelez, Ernest. Data and Code for: Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-02-20. https://doi.org/10.3886/E195744V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Research on international migration and innovation relies heavily on inventor and patent data, with “migrant inventors” attracting a great deal of attention, especially for what concerns their role in easing the international transfer of knowledge. This hides the fact that many of them move to their host country before starting their inventive career or even before completing their education. We discuss the conceptual and practical difficulties that stand in the way of investigating other likely channels of influence of inventor’s migration on innovation, namely the easing of skill shortages and the increase of variety in inventive teams, firms, and location.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Agence National de la Recherche (ANR-17-CE26-0016); Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PID2020-119096RB-I00/MCIN/AEI)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms inventors; international migration; innovation; patent data
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      F22 International Migration
      F23 Multinational Firms; International Business
      O31 Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
      O33 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage World, France, Great Britain, United States, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1976 – 2020
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2022 – 2023
Universe:  View help for Universe Inventors (and their patents) in different countries
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Patentsview and US Patent and Trademark Office
World Intellectual Property Organization
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation inventors, patents, countries

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