The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age
The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age
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美国创造力的崛起：黄金时代的创新和发明家
DOI：
10.3386/w23047
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发表时间：
2017
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T. Nicholas
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作者：
Ufuk Akcigit;J. Grigsby;T. Nicholas
我们通过进行一项大型数据收集工作，将美国专利与州和县一级的数据汇总联系起来，并将发明者与1880年至1940年的联邦人口普查相匹配，从而考察了美国创新的黄金时代。我们确定了专利发明和长期经济增长之间的因果关系，并概述了分析关键宏观和微观层面决定因素的基本框架。我们探讨了地区业绩的驱动因素，包括人口密度、金融发展、地理联系和社会结构。然后，我们描述发明者的特征和他们的生命周期，衡量技术发展的回报，并记录创新、不平等和社会流动性之间的关系。我们的新数据有助于解决与创新和长期增长动力相关的重要问题。
We examine the golden age of US innovation by undertaking a major data collection exercise linking US patents to state and county-level aggregates and matching inventors to Federal Censuses between 1880 and 1940. We identify a causal relationship between patented inventions and long run economic growth and outline a basic framework for analyzing key macro and micro-level determinants. We explore drivers of regional performance including population density, financial development, geographic connectedness and social structure. We then profile the characteristics of inventors and their life cycle, measure the returns to technological development, and document the relationship between innovation, inequality and social mobility. Our new data help to address important questions related to innovation and long-run growth dynamics.