Is #innovation good for #regional development? Yes, and here’s how: West German regions that absorbed East German know-how after 1990 saw higher incomes, esp. in industries that drive their region’s #patents. tinyurl.com/fbkczuyw with @saschaschweitzer.bsky.social and @olgatcaci.bsky.social

Here is the Podcast about our paper created using NotebookLM (Some aspects are explained MORE elaborately than I could!) @olgatcaci.bsky.social #patents #regionaleconomics #occupationmatching drive.google.com/file/d/1F9eP...

What are causal effects of regional innovation on income and employment? New WP with @olgatcaci.bsky.social and S.Schweitzer Using PATSTAT and SOEP, we match patenting activity to occupations. We find innovative region is good, innovative occupation is better! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....