AKTYWNOŚĆ PATENTOWA A STRUKTURA DEMOGRAFICZNA – ANALIZA REGIONALNA
PATENT ACTIVITY VS. DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE − REGIONAL ANALYSIS

Summary/Abstract: The research presented in this paper was aimed at identifying the direction and force of demographic factors impact on patent activity at the regional level. The study used statistical data from Eurostat concerning the regions of the European Union (28). In addition to the often identified determinants such as human resources for science and technology, R & D staff and researchers, or R&D expenditure, demographic factors were also taken into account. The innovativeness models proposed in the previous works have been enriched with demographic variables, whose relevance should indicate the relevance of the factors. As demographic factors were treated directly (via data availability): gender, age and education. As expected in the studies, it was confirmed that the increase in educational attainment significantly influenced the strengthening of the innovativeness of the regions as opposed to the prolongation of life time.

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