Thank you! Here’s the correct link: ideas.repec.org/p/jgu/wpaper... - always happy to discuss!

Better link to the paper: ideas.repec.org/p/jgu/wpaper...

Noch so neu hier und direkt 2 Sachen falsch gemacht! 😁 Dankeschön! 😊

That’s what happens when you copy & paste from twitter apparently… Apologies, this should work! ideas.repec.org/p/jgu/wpaper...

Very cool paper!

Despite the negative sides of individualism (e.g., pandemic response), it seems to be a strong motivator for innovation at the individual level and acts as an important non-cognitive skill in this context. 🌍
Thanks to my PhD advisors @simonwiederhold.bsky.social & Gerard Roland for their support! 😊

All results are in line with theory, which would predict a positive effect due to the emphasis on personal achievements, uniqueness, and stand-out ideas in individualism.

The results for innovation production inputs also translate into direct output measures of innovation: IDV is strongly positively related to patenting behavior - also in the sample of PCT patents filed by a single inventor.

Empirical strategy: With data from PIAAC, the PCT, and the GSOEP, I compare migrants from different cultural backgrounds within the same destination country (epidemiological approach), but I also abstract from the migration context by using personal and regional variation in IDV.

More individualist people are significantly more likely to work in innovative jobs - ranging from broadly classified creative occupations (+8 PP relative to a 43% share for a SD ⬆️ in IDV) to research 🔬, performing arts 🎨, and ambitious self-employment. 📈

Key finding: Selection into innovative occupations and knowledge diffusion on the job through learning explain 44% of the sizeable IDV productivity premium (~8% wage increase for the IDV difference between Argentina, Germany, and the US).

We know that individualist societies are more #innovative – but we do not know the underlying individual behaviors. I investigate comprehensively and internationally how #individualism affects selection into innovative jobs, knowledge diffusion, #creativity, and #patenting.

Thank you, Simon! ☺️