Skip to main content
Keyword: inventor;
Search again
Return to Latest Publications
Who are America?s most successful inventors ? and what can we learn from their experiences in designing policies to stimulate innovation? To answer these questions, former CEP director John Van Reenen and his colleagues ...Read more...
Alex Bell, Raj Chetty, Xavier Jaravel, Neviana Petkova and John Van Reenen
1 March 2018
We characterize the factors that determine who becomes an inventor in the United States, focusing on the role of inventive ability ('nature') vs. environment ('nurture'). Using de-identified data on 1.2 million inventors...Read more...
11 December 2017