sustain the innovation process that is at the basis of our prosperity. In this paper we deal with the age distributions of … among inventors. Additionally, we advance the new hypothesis that any age-bias in innovation activity should show up as …

native and foreign STEM graduates have statistically significant and economically large effects on innovation. Together these … results suggest that policies that increase the stocks of both foreign and native STEM graduates increase innovation and …

Understanding the factors that may produce a sustained rate of innovation is important for promoting economic … development and growth. In this paper, we examine the role of human capital in firms' innovation by using a large sample of … small and medium sized cities. Patent applications are used as the measure of innovation. Human capital indicators used …

We examine how collaborator loss affects knowledge workers in corporate R&D. We argue that such a loss affects the …

level. Using a regional knowledge production function to explain patenting activity in German districts, we propose to … innovation-relevant human capital or age-specific motivation to lead creative ideas to successful inventions. Departing from … appropriate for count data. Results on German district level indicate that engineering knowledge in the younger as well as the …