Invention by College Graduates in Science and Engineering during Japan's Industrialization

• Published in: IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc
• Main Authors: YAMAGUCHI Shotaro, INOUE Hiroyasu, NAKAJIMA Kentaro, OKAZAKI Tetsuji, SAITO, Yukiko U, BRAGUINSKY, Serguey
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 01.01.2022

During Japan's industrialization from the late 19th to the first half of the 20th century, the adoption of foreign technologies was increasingly complemented by domestic inventions, while the role played by college-educated scientists and engineers in inventions has not been examined. We match...