
Migration and innovation
Oliver Koppel and Enno Kohlisch
The bad news for Germany’s sophisticated economy is innovation by indigenous Germans is declining. The good news is migrants are more than compensating.
Author profile
Oliver Koppel works as an innovation economist with the Cologne-based German Economic Institute. His major research interests are patents, disruptive technologies and migration.

Oliver Koppel and Enno Kohlisch
The bad news for Germany’s sophisticated economy is innovation by indigenous Germans is declining. The good news is migrants are more than compensating.