International Talent Inflow and R&D Investment: Firm-level Evidence from China

Hao Wei, Ran Yuan and Laixun Zhao
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Hao Wei: Department of International Economics, Beijing Normal University, China
Ran Yuan: Department of International Economics, Beijing Normal University, China

No DP2019-17, Discussion Paper Series from Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University

Abstract: Using firm-level R&D data with regional international talent data, we find that international talent increases the R&D investment of Chinese manufacturing firms, a result that is further confirmed with patent data and under a number of robustness checks. These findings stem from two mechanisms: international talent boosts human capital accumulation and provides a diversified labor force. Further, the R&D promoting effect is stronger if firms are located in eastern China rather than in other regions, of small and medium-sized rather than large-sized, of domestic ownership rather than foreign ownership. The policy implication is, the introduction of international talent can be a new way to promoting R&D investment, especially for skilled-labor constrained countries.

Keywords: International talent inflow; Manufacturing firms; R&D; Patent application (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F16 F22 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2019-09
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