Innovation and Development around the World, 1960-2000

The authors present a database of indicators of innovative activity around the world since the early 1960s. The data include measures of innovation outcomes as well as variables related to innovation effort. The main indicator of innovation outputs is patents. The main variables related to innovatio...

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Main Authors: Lederman, Daniel, Saenz, Laura
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
R&D
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6421846/innovation-development-around-world-1960-2000
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8576
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spelling okr-10986-85762021-04-23T14:02:43Z Innovation and Development around the World, 1960-2000 Lederman, Daniel Saenz, Laura ABSOLUTE VALUE ACADEMIC ATTENTION AGRICULTURE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CONSTANT RETURNS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CORRELATIONS COUNTRY-SPECIFIC TRENDS CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES DATA SET DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPED ECONOMIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES DIMINISHING RETURNS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE ENDOGENOUS GROWTH ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPERIMENTS EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPLORATION EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCING OF R&D FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH MODELS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH REGRESSIONS GROWTH THEORIES GROWTH THEORY HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER LEVELS OF R&D HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCREASING SHARE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT IN R&D INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH LATIN AMERICAN LEVEL OF R&D MEASUREMENT ERROR METHODOLOGY MORTALITY RATES NATIONAL ECONOMIES NATIONAL R&D 0 HYPOTHESIS OBSERVED GROWTH PATENTS POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POOR COUNTRIES POSITIVE EFFECTS POSITIVE IMPACT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC SECTOR R&D R&D EXPENDITURE R&D FUNDING R&D INVESTMENT R&D INVESTMENTS R&D PERSONNEL R&D VARIABLES R&D ­ INVESTMENTS REAL GDP REGIONAL COVERAGE REGRESSION RESULTS RESEARCH AGENDA RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RESEARCHERS ROLE OF R&D SHARE OF R&D SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION SIMULATIONS SPECIFICATION TESTS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TECHNIQUES TOTAL R&D TRANSITION ECONOMIES VALIDITY Microdata Set The authors present a database of indicators of innovative activity around the world since the early 1960s. The data include measures of innovation outcomes as well as variables related to innovation effort. The main indicator of innovation outputs is patents. The main variables related to innovation inputs are investment in research and development (R&D) and technical personnel (engineers, scientists) working in R&D activities. The sources of these data are publicly available (OECD, UNESCO, etc.), yet there have been few attempts at double checking the consistency of these data and digitizing observations dating back to the 1960s. After discussing the sources and definitions of the data, the authors examine trends and patterns of innovation outputs and inputs by looking at the over-time behavior of the relevant series and comparing the performance of developing and high-income countries. They also provide cross-regional comparisons and a detailed examination of trends in selected countries. In turn, the authors provide estimates of the impact of innovation on long-run development by following an emerging empirical literature on the determinants of levels of GDP per capita. The econometric results suggest that innovation might indeed have strong positive effects on long-run development, which might be stronger than the direct effects of institutions. The analysis pays close attention to issues related to the potential endogeneity of innovation (and institutions) with respect to the level of development. 2012-06-20T20:14:04Z 2012-06-20T20:14:04Z 2005-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6421846/innovation-development-around-world-1960-2000 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8576 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3774 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ABSOLUTE VALUE
ACADEMIC ATTENTION
AGRICULTURE
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CONSTANT RETURNS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CORRELATIONS
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC TRENDS
CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES
DATA SET
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPED ECONOMIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES
DIMINISHING RETURNS
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
ENDOGENOUS GROWTH
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXPERIMENTS
EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPLORATION
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCING OF R&D
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
GROWTH THEORIES
GROWTH THEORY
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER LEVELS OF R&D
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INCREASING SHARE
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT IN R&D
INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH
LATIN AMERICAN
LEVEL OF R&D
MEASUREMENT ERROR
METHODOLOGY
MORTALITY RATES
NATIONAL ECONOMIES
NATIONAL R&D
0 HYPOTHESIS
OBSERVED GROWTH
PATENTS
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR COUNTRIES
POSITIVE EFFECTS
POSITIVE IMPACT
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
PUBLIC SECTOR
R&D
R&D EXPENDITURE
R&D FUNDING
R&D INVESTMENT
R&D INVESTMENTS
R&D PERSONNEL
R&D VARIABLES
R&D ­ INVESTMENTS
REAL GDP
REGIONAL COVERAGE
REGRESSION RESULTS
RESEARCH AGENDA
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
RESEARCHERS
ROLE OF R&D
SHARE OF R&D
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SIMULATIONS
SPECIFICATION TESTS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TECHNIQUES
TOTAL R&D
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
VALIDITY
Microdata Set
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE VALUE
ACADEMIC ATTENTION
AGRICULTURE
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CONSTANT RETURNS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CORRELATIONS
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC TRENDS
CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES
DATA SET
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPED ECONOMIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES
DIMINISHING RETURNS
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
ENDOGENOUS GROWTH
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXPERIMENTS
EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPLORATION
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCING OF R&D
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
GROWTH THEORIES
GROWTH THEORY
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER LEVELS OF R&D
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INCREASING SHARE
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT IN R&D
INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH
LATIN AMERICAN
LEVEL OF R&D
MEASUREMENT ERROR
METHODOLOGY
MORTALITY RATES
NATIONAL ECONOMIES
NATIONAL R&D
0 HYPOTHESIS
OBSERVED GROWTH
PATENTS
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR COUNTRIES
POSITIVE EFFECTS
POSITIVE IMPACT
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
PUBLIC SECTOR
R&D
R&D EXPENDITURE
R&D FUNDING
R&D INVESTMENT
R&D INVESTMENTS
R&D PERSONNEL
R&D VARIABLES
R&D ­ INVESTMENTS
REAL GDP
REGIONAL COVERAGE
REGRESSION RESULTS
RESEARCH AGENDA
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
RESEARCHERS
ROLE OF R&D
SHARE OF R&D
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SIMULATIONS
SPECIFICATION TESTS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TECHNIQUES
TOTAL R&D
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
VALIDITY
Microdata Set
Lederman, Daniel
Saenz, Laura
Innovation and Development around the World, 1960-2000
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3774
description The authors present a database of indicators of innovative activity around the world since the early 1960s. The data include measures of innovation outcomes as well as variables related to innovation effort. The main indicator of innovation outputs is patents. The main variables related to innovation inputs are investment in research and development (R&D) and technical personnel (engineers, scientists) working in R&D activities. The sources of these data are publicly available (OECD, UNESCO, etc.), yet there have been few attempts at double checking the consistency of these data and digitizing observations dating back to the 1960s. After discussing the sources and definitions of the data, the authors examine trends and patterns of innovation outputs and inputs by looking at the over-time behavior of the relevant series and comparing the performance of developing and high-income countries. They also provide cross-regional comparisons and a detailed examination of trends in selected countries. In turn, the authors provide estimates of the impact of innovation on long-run development by following an emerging empirical literature on the determinants of levels of GDP per capita. The econometric results suggest that innovation might indeed have strong positive effects on long-run development, which might be stronger than the direct effects of institutions. The analysis pays close attention to issues related to the potential endogeneity of innovation (and institutions) with respect to the level of development.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Lederman, Daniel
Saenz, Laura
author_facet Lederman, Daniel
Saenz, Laura
author_sort Lederman, Daniel
title Innovation and Development around the World, 1960-2000
title_short Innovation and Development around the World, 1960-2000
title_full Innovation and Development around the World, 1960-2000
title_fullStr Innovation and Development around the World, 1960-2000
title_full_unstemmed Innovation and Development around the World, 1960-2000
title_sort innovation and development around the world, 1960-2000
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6421846/innovation-development-around-world-1960-2000
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8576
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