This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …

We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual … immigrants patent at double the native rate, and that this is entirely accounted for by their disproportionately holding degrees …

We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries … characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly higher rates of innovation in immigrant-owned firms for 15 of 16 … different innovation measures; the only exception is for copyright/trademark. The immigrant advantage holds for older firms as …

We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the …

We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the …

In this paper we investigate the nexus between firm labor diversity and innovation using a linked employer … and demographic characteristics to valuable firm's innovation activity. The latter is measured by: (1) the firm …'s propensity to apply for a patent, (2) the number of patent applications (intensive margin) and (3) the firm's ability to patent …

due to monopoly power. Second, a cost-benefit gap effect leads to excessive research in the private solution because the …