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DESCRIPTION:Jonathan Schulz (George Mason University)\, “How Cultural Diver
 sity Drives Innovation: Surnames and Patents in U.S. History”\, IAST Gener
 al Seminar\, Toulouse: IAST\, September 30\, 2025\, 11:30–12:30\, room Aud
 itorium 4 (First Floor - TSE Building).\n\nThis paper examines the impact 
 of cultural diversity on innovation. Focusing on the United States from 18
 50 to 1940\, we develop a novel surname-based measure of cultural diversit
 y and combine this with patent data. Leveraging quasi-random variation in 
 counties' surname compositions driven by historical immigration\, we find 
 that rising diversity increased both the quantity and quality of innovatio
 n within counties and for individual inventors. Examining mechanisms\, we 
 provide evidence suggesting that greater surname diversity accelerated inn
 ovation both by expanding the range of ideas\, skills and perspectives ava
 ilable for recombination and by fostering the diverse social interactions 
 that facilitate idea sharing.
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LOCATION:Toulouse: IAST\, September 30\, 2025\, 11:30–12:30\, room Auditori
 um 4 (First Floor - TSE Building)
SUMMARY:IAST General Seminar
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.iast.fr/seminars/2025-how-cultural-diversity-drive
 s-innovation-surnames-and-patents-us-history
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