SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION AND INNOVATION: FROM TECHNICAL DIPLOMAS TO UNIVERSITY STEM DEGREES

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bianchi, Nicola; Giorcelli, Michela
• 署名单位: Northwestern University; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1542-4766
• DOI: 10.1093/jeea/jvz049
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 2608-2646
• 关键词: UNITED-STATES; crime; institutions; allocation; HEALTH

摘要

This paper studies the effects of university STEM education on innovation and labor market outcomes by exploiting a change in enrollment requirements in Italian STEM majors. University-level scientific education had two direct effects on the development of patents by students who had acquired a STEM degree. First, the policy changed the direction of their innovation. Second, it allowed these individuals to reach top positions within firms and be more involved in the innovation process. STEM degrees, however, also changed occupational sorting. Some higher-achieving individuals used STEM degrees to enter jobs that required university-level education, but did not focus on patenting.