Bahar, Dany, Choudhury, Raj, Signorelli, Sara and Sappenfield, James M. (2022) Talent flows and the geography of knowledge production: causal evidence from multinational firms. Working paper (22-047). Harvard Business School.
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Leveraging a unique dataset merging patent data with all work-related migration reforms that took place in 15 countries over 26 years, we show that reforms discouraging inventor mobility decrease the patenting of MNE subsidiaries within a country, while reforms encouraging it have a positive but much smaller effect. Additionally, reforms adopted in the U.S. affect innovation in other countries in the opposite direction, highlighting the existence of a global competition for talent. Finally, we find that policies easing migration have facilitated about half of the shift in global innovation toward emerging markets.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Additional Information: | © 2021, 2022 The Authors |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| JEL classification: | O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O15 - Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F22 - International Migration |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2025 14:15 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2025 23:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128812 |
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