Spillover Effects of Opioid Abuse on Skilled Human Capital and Innovation Activity
Management Science · 2026 · Kimberly Cornaggia、John Hund、Kevin Pisciotta、Zihan Ye
中文摘要
我们记录了阿片类药物滥用危机对推动企业创新的高技能工人的流动与产出的影响。利用与经济状况无关的阿片类药物滥用的地区差异，并同时采用基于专利和基于住房销售的度量，我们发现发明人与研究实验室会迁出受影响地区。这一人员流失伴随着专利数量与专利价值分别下降约 7% 和每年 1060 万美元。学校质量、治安及其他宜居设施的下降推动了这一外迁。由于外迁工人不太可能滥用阿片类药物，我们的结果体现的是阿片类药物滥用对非使用者的溢出效应。本文由 Camelia Kuhnen 接收，金融领域。资助：本项目获得堪萨斯大学综合研究基金以及内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校 Troesh 中心研究资助的支持，以及佐治亚大学 Terry-Sanford 奖。补充材料：在线附录与数据文件可在 https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.02976 获取。
Abstract
We document effects of the opioid epidemic on the migration and output of skilled workers who drive corporate innovation. Exploiting geographic variation in opioid abuse unrelated to economic conditions and using both patent and home sales-based measures, we show that inventors and research labs exit affected areas. This displacement is accompanied by declines in the quantity and value of patents of approximately 7% and $10.6 million per year, respectively. Declines in school quality, safety, and other amenities drive the out-migration. Because displaced workers are unlikely to abuse opioids, our results represent spillover effects of opioid abuse on nonusers. This paper was accepted by Camelia Kuhnen, finance. Funding: The project received funding from the University of Kansas’s General Research Fund and Troesh Center Research Grants from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Terry-Sanford Award at the University of Georgia. Supplemental Material: The internet appendix and data files are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.02976 .