讲座题目 | Climate Amenities, Inventor Sorting, and the Geography of Innovation | ||
主讲人 （单位） | 王峤 （暨南大学） | 主持人 （单位） | 刘修岩 （国产探花 ） |
点评人 （单位） | 倪克金 （国产探花 ） | ||
讲座时间 | 2026年9月20日（周日）11:00 | 讲座地点 | 综合楼311 |
主讲人简介 |
王峤，暨南大学产业经济研究院副研究员、硕士生导师，国产探花
经济学博士，曾赴新加坡南洋理工大学联合培养。主要研究方向为城市与区域经济学、产业经济学，在《经济研究》《经济学（季刊）》《世界经济》《中国工业经济》及China Economic Review、Cities 等国内外期刊发表论文二十余篇，主持国家自然科学基金青年项目、中国博士后科学基金特别资助等多项课题，曾获当代经济学博士创新项目（原中国经济学优秀博士论文奖）。 | ||
讲座内容摘要 | This paper examines how climate amenities shape the geography of innovation through the spatial sorting of inventive talent. We combine daily climate records with more than 50 million Chinese patent records to construct a city-level panel linking climate conditions, innovation outcomes, and bilateral inventor mobility over 2000–2019. Using apparent temperature as our primary measure of local climate amenity, we document a robust positive relationship between more favorable climatic conditions and local patenting, particularly invention patents. We then examine inventor movements across cities to uncover the underlying mechanism. Cities with more favorable climate conditions attract more inventors, and innovation generated by incoming inventors accounts for an important part of the observed relationship between climate amenities and local innovation. Once patents associated with mobile inventors are excluded, this relationship becomes substantially weaker. At the individual level, we find little evidence that more favorable climate conditions systematically raise inventor productivity. Evidence from migrant surveys and online job postings also provides limited support for alternative explanations based on wages, employment opportunities, or stronger local demand for skilled labor. Overall, the results suggest that climate amenities shape the geography of innovation primarily by influencing the spatial allocation of inventive human capital rather than by directly increasing individual productivity. | ||
