From 8b6c1f902d372026c63adf83724eeab8d844857e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nate B <43703496+NB419@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 17:26:06 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Create general.md --- innovation/general.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 innovation/general.md diff --git a/innovation/general.md b/innovation/general.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4821ed3 --- /dev/null +++ b/innovation/general.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +## Innovation + +#### Innovation and potential innovators are restricted by issues like wealth, and wealth used by pharmaceutical companies is oftentimes wasted in large part on advertising. + +* [Bell et al. 19](https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/134/2/647/5218522) + * Uses data from 1.2 million inventors from patent records linked to tax records + * Finds that **certain characteristics at birth** (gender, race, parents’ socioeconomic class) in addition to **certain environmental characteristics** (exposure to innovation-rich areas, living around innovators) **have a significant correlation with the likelihood of that person becoming an inventor later on in life** + * **Women and minorities are exposed less to relevant environmental factors**, explaining why they don’t innovate as much as white men +* [European Innovation Scoreboard 19](https://ec.europa.eu/growth/industry/policy/innovation/scoreboards_en) + * In Europe, countries with functional safety nets (mainly in Scandinavia and Western Europe) perform better when it comes to innovation +