We investigate the causal relationship between inventor migration and regional innovation in the context of the large …-scale migration shock from East to West Germany between World War II and the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Leveraging a … strategy based on surname proximity, we trace the trajectories of East German inventors and quantify their impact on innovation …

-use in newly constructed buildings and how it induces innovation in the residential-building industry. The data used consists …

This paper explores the possible job creation effect of innovation activity. We analyze a unique panel dataset covering … is the labour-friendly nature of innovation, which we measure in terms of forward-citation weighted patents. However …, this positive impact of innovation is statistically significant only for firms in the high-tech manufacturing sectors …

This paper aims to shed light on the role of technological opportunities for green innovation by studying the case of … Green ICT innovation. We test two hypotheses: (1) Firms active in low-opportunity technological areas are less innovative … Office with firm-level data from the German Innovation Panel (Mannheim Innovation Panel). The results are based on dynamic …

unclear, however, if the employment opportunities of the majority of the labour force in Germany-employees with a degree from … rich data set. The paper shows that innovation expenditures and investments in information and communication technologies …