Creativity and the family tree: Human capital endowments and the propensity of entrepreneurs to patent

In this paper we show that the patenting behavior of creative entrepreneurs is correlated with the patenting behavior of their fathers, which we refer to as a source of the entrepreneurs' human capital endowments. Our argument for this relationship follows from established theories of developmental creativity, and our empirical analysis is based on survey data collected from MIT's Technology Review winners.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Link, Albert N. ; Ruhm, Christopher J.
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Humankapital \| Persönlichkeitspsychologie \| Patent \| Generationenbeziehungen \| Väter \| USA \| patents \| entrepreneurship \| human capital endowments

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 5988
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	684014114 [GVK] hdl:10419/55110 [Handle]
Classification:	J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Source:	EconStor

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