Migration and Imitation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9727207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olena Ivus (0000-0002-7358-4137, Queen's University Canada, corresponding author), Alireza Naghavi (0000-0003-3978-9267, University of Bologna Italy), Larry D Qiu (0000-0001-9219-4903, Lingnan University Hong Kong) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 357 |
| Pages | 212-239 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecca.12449 |
| OpenAlex | W4308431150 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 47 |
This paper develops a North–South trade model with heterogeneous labour and horizontally differentiated products, and compares the implications of two policies: Southern intellectual property rights (IPR) and Northern immigration policy, with the latter aiming to attract Southern talent as a means of pre‐empting imitation. Individuals self‐select into becoming entrepreneurs and innovate (imitate) in the North (South). The likelihood of imitation depends on product quality, imitator's talent and IPR strength. Several interrelated channels of competition are identified. Allowing high‐talent migration when IPR protection in the South is weak shifts imitation to low‐quality products and innovation to high‐quality products. The outcome is in stark contrast to the policy of strengthening Southern IPR, which limits low‐talent imitation in the South and encourages low‐quality innovation in the North. Migration also increases the income of low‐talent entrepreneurs, as well as the average quality of products imitated by high‐talent entrepreneurs in the South. Global income rises with migration, but is not guaranteed to rise with stronger Southern IPR
Business · Competition (biology) · Economic geography · Economics · Imitation · Industrial organization · Intellectual property · Labour economics · Political science · Product (mathematics) · Quality (philosophy) · Economic Growth and Productivity · Firm Innovation and Growth · Global trade and economics
Finance and Development
Product quality and the direction of trade
Protecting Their Intellectual Assets
How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?
The Variety and Quality of a Nation's Exports
International patent protection
Conducting R&D in Countries with Weak Intellectual Property Rights Protection
Innovation, Imitation, and Intellectual Property Rights
German Jewish Émigrés and US Invention
The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Productivity of American Mathematicians
The Supply Side of Innovation
Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion
Misfits,” “stars,” and immigrant entrepreneurship
Migration of the creative class
Migration and invention in the Age of Mass Migration
Offshoring and intellectual property rights reform
International intellectual property rights protection and the rate of product innovation
Bidding for brains
Skilled Immigration and Innovation
Global Talent Flows
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |