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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 12/09/2025

Thank you for a wonderful conference!! 😊

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 07/03/2025

Can’t wait to submit here 😊😊😊

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 05/02/2025

Delighted to be a discussant at the BiB graduate student workshop in Wiesbaden today

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 08/11/2024

Shall we give this another try? 😅

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 08/02/2024

Heute mal ein ganz anderer Workshop - Peer-to-Peer-Mentoring ☕️

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 18/01/2024

today’s view from the office ❄️

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 02/11/2023

Today, I got to give a guest lecture at Berkeley in the same class I took as a visiting student in 2016 - surreal and wonderful! :)

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 27/10/2023

Thank you! Here’s the correct link: ideas.repec.org/p/jgu/wpaper... - always happy to discuss!

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 27/10/2023

Better link to the paper: ideas.repec.org/p/jgu/wpaper...

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 27/10/2023

Noch so neu hier und direkt 2 Sachen falsch gemacht! 😁 Dankeschön! 😊

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 27/10/2023

That’s what happens when you copy & paste from twitter apparently… Apologies, this should work! ideas.repec.org/p/jgu/wpaper...

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Reposted by Kathi Hartinger

Simon Wiederhold @simonwiederhold.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Very cool paper!

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 27/10/2023

Despite the negative sides of individualism (e.g., pandemic response), it seems to be a strong motivator for innovation at the individual level and acts as an important non-cognitive skill in this context. 🌍 Thanks to my PhD advisors @simonwiederhold.bsky.social & Gerard Roland for their support! 😊

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 27/10/2023

All results are in line with theory, which would predict a positive effect due to the emphasis on personal achievements, uniqueness, and stand-out ideas in individualism.

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 27/10/2023

The results for innovation production inputs also translate into direct output measures of innovation: IDV is strongly positively related to patenting behavior - also in the sample of PCT patents filed by a single inventor.

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 27/10/2023

Empirical strategy: With data from PIAAC, the PCT, and the GSOEP, I compare migrants from different cultural backgrounds within the same destination country (epidemiological approach), but I also abstract from the migration context by using personal and regional variation in IDV.

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 27/10/2023

More individualist people are significantly more likely to work in innovative jobs - ranging from broadly classified creative occupations (+8 PP relative to a 43% share for a SD ⬆️ in IDV) to research 🔬, performing arts 🎨, and ambitious self-employment. 📈

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 27/10/2023

Key finding: Selection into innovative occupations and knowledge diffusion on the job through learning explain 44% of the sizeable IDV productivity premium (~8% wage increase for the IDV difference between Argentina, Germany, and the US).

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 27/10/2023

We know that individualist societies are more #innovative – but we do not know the underlying individual behaviors. I investigate comprehensively and internationally how #individualism affects selection into innovative jobs, knowledge diffusion, #creativity, and #patenting.

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 27/10/2023

Hey #EconSky, I am excited to share my new paper on “Individualism, Creativity, and Innovation”: ideas.repec.org/p/jgu/wpaper/2…. I show that #individualism – the #culture of personal achievement and personal responsibility – affects #innovative #productivity at the individual level. #JMP 😊🧵

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 27/10/2023

Let’s share my new paper before it gets too crowded on here ;)

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 25/10/2023

Welcome to #EconSky, @lennardzyska.bsky.social!! Good to see the OG KU PhD students represented here 😊

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Kathi Hartinger @kathi.khartinger.com · 12/10/2023

Hi econ sky! :) Excited to build a vibrant and inclusive #econ community on this new platform. If you are interested in my research on #culture, #skills, and #innovation and don’t want to wait for me to post about it: khartinger.com

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Dr. Katharina Hartinger - Researcher & Presenter

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