International mobility of inventors and innovation: Empirical evidence from the collapse of the Soviet Union

Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Gabriele Pellegrino

Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 234, issue C

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)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111450

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