The nexus between labour mobility and innovation: an empirical analysis

Jitamitra Behera (), Akriti Jain () and Ruchi Sharma ()
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Jitamitra Behera: Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Akriti Jain: International Management Institute-New Delhi
Ruchi Sharma: Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 2024, vol. 51, issue 3, No 2, 584 pages

Abstract: Abstract Labour mobility is a crucial feature of human nature and an effective medium of knowledge transfer. As the workers shift from one region to another, their embodied skills travel with them, and the diversities of skills make complementarities of ideas that encourage new methods of production or innovation in the destination. Further innovation boosts economic growth and smoothens the mobility path. In this way, a virtuous cycle takes place between migration and innovation, which has not been comprehensively explored in the existing literature. Especially in developing nations, such studies are a handful in number and are not at a consensus to derive the normative conclusion. As the relationship between migration and innovation has remained inconclusive due to the variation of skills and endowments, the study aims to investigate the migration-innovation nexus critically. The study explores the varied ways in which migration influences and is influenced by innovation. The empirical investigation employs panel dataset of migration and innovation, extracted from the World Development Indicators (WDI), from 2005 to 2015, utilizing a system-GMM estimation model to account for endogeneity issues. Results reveal a positive and significant influence of international migration on patenting output, with varied time lags and with variation across geographical regions, patenting and migrant receiving country clusters. Further, the study contributes valuable insights into complex dynamics and virtuous cycle of migration and innovation, which is appreciable for economic growth and development.

Keywords: Migration; Innovation; Patenting; Knowledge diffusion; System GMM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J61 O31 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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