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City A.M.: Elitist Britain: how can we make business more meritocratic?
17 July 2019
Role models matter for innovation too. Research from economists Raj Chetty and John Van Reenen studied the lives of over a million inventors in the US. Using a database that linked patent records to local tax and school data, they were able to track the key factors that determine whether or not someone becomes an inventor.